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Ratification Overview Table
by Gordon Lloyd

States are listed in the order in which they ratified the Constitution.

State Attended
Constitutional
Convention
Other
Significant
Delegates
State
Ratifying
Convention
Expected
Vote
    Final    
Vote
Population
(Ranking)
Significant
Outcomes

Stage I: Now For the Bad News

Article VII | Political Arithmetic | The Response of the Confederation Congress | Let the Campaign Begin

Stage II: The Fall Campaign: Off to a Fast Start
Delaware Bedford, Bassett   12/4/1787
to
12/7/1787

Role in Six Stages
30–0 30–0 60,000
(13/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline
Pennsylvania Wilson Findley,
McKean,
Pickering,
Rush,
Smilie,
Whitehill
11/20/1787
to
12/12/1787

Role in Six Stages

Elliot's Debates
46–23 46–23 434,000
(3/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; Centinel Letters; An American Citizen Letters; A Foreign Spectator Essays; A Freeman Essays; Fabius Letters; An Old Whig Essays; Philadelphiensis Essays; Pennsylvania Minority Report; Harrisburg Proceedings
New Jersey Brearly Witherspoon 12/11/1787
to
12/18/1787

Role in Six Stages
38–0 38–0 184,000
(9/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline
Georgia Few   12/25/1787
to
12/31/1787

Role in Six Stages
26–0 26–0 83,000
(11/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline
Connecticut Sherman,
Ellsworth,
Johnson
Huntington,
O. Wolcott
1/3/1788
to
1/9/1788

Role in Six Stages

Elliot's Debates
128–40 128–40 238,000
(8/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; A Countryman Letters; A Landholder Letters; A Citizen of New Haven Essays

Stage III: Winter in New England: Postpone and Compromise
Massachu-
setts*
Gorham,
Strong,
King,
Gerry
S. Adams,
Ames,
Bowdoin,
Dana,
Hancock,
Parsons
1/9/1788
to
2/6/1788

Introduction

Role in Six Stages

Summary

Elliot's Debates
177–178 187–168 475,000
(2/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; Agrippa Letters; Atticus Essays; John DeWitt Essays; 9 Amendments Proposed

Stage IV: Springtime in the Middle States: and Then there Was One Pillar to Go
Maryland L. Martin,
Mercer,
McHenry
Paca 4/21/1788
to
4/26/1788

Role in Six Stages
64–12 63–11 320,000
(7/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; Maryland Farmer Letters; Genuine Information Essays
South Carolina C. Pinckney,
C. C. Pinckney,
Rutledge
Lowndes,
T. Pinckney
5/12/1788
to
5/23/1788

Role in Six Stages

Elliot's Debates
149–73 149–73 250,000
(5/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline, Bill of Rights and Amendments Proposed

Stage V: A Long Hot Summer: Nail Biting Time
New Hampshire** Gilman,
Langdon
Sullivan 6/18/1788
to
6/21/1788

Role in Six Stages, II

Elliot's Debates
52–52 57–47 142,000
(10/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; 12 Amendments Proposed
Virginia Madison,
Wythe,
Mason,
Randolph
Grayson,
Henry,
Marshall,
Monroe,
Pendleton

6/2/1788
to
6/25/1788

Introduction

Role in Six Stages

Summary

Elliot's Debates
84–84 89–79 821,000
(1/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; Federal Farmer Letters; State Soldier Essays; 20 Bill of Rights, 20 Amendments Proposed
New York Hamilton,
Lansing,
Yates
Clinton,
Duane,
Jay,
Livingston,
M. Smith,
Tredwell
6/17/1788
to
7/26/1788

Introduction

Role in Six Stages

Summmary

Elliot's Debates
19–46 30–27 340,000
(6/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; Federalist Papers; Cato Letters; Brutus Letters; Caesar Letters; Cincinnatus Letters; Philo-Publius Essays; Circulation Letter, 25 Bill of Rights, 31 Amendments Proposed

Stage VI: All the Pillars in Place
North Carolina*** Davie,
Blount,
Spaight
Iredell 11/16/1789
to
11/21/1789

Role in Six Stages

Elliot's Debates
194–77 194–77 429,000
(4/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline, 20 Bill of Rights, 26 Amendments Proposed
Rhode Island**** Did Not Send Delegates to Convention   5/26/1790
to
5/29/1790

Role in Six Stages
34–32 34–32 69,000
(12/13)
Map of Vote; Timeline; 18 Bill of Rights, 21 Amendments Proposed

Notes:
* Jackson Turner Main has the entry vote as 170 yes, 190 no.
** Postponed earlier meeting on February 22, 1788. Jackson Turner Main lists the entering vote in June as 30 yes, 77 no.
*** Rejected Constitution 184-84 on August 2, 1788. Jackson Turner Main lists the vote as 193 no, 75 yes.
**** Rejected several attempts to hold ratifying convention.


 

         
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