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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
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 Article VII | Political Arithmetic | The Response of the Confederation Congress | Let the Campaign Begin
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 Stage II: The Fall Campaign: Off to a Fast Start
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| 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
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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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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