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Ratification of the Constitution

by Gordon Lloyd

Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States

List of Delegates Appointed by the States Represented in the Federal Convention

Selected, Arranged, and Indexed by Charles C. Tansill

From		Attended

New Hampshire	1. John Langdon,	July 23, 1787
	John Pickering,
	2. Nicholas Gilman,	July 23,
	Benjamin West.
Massachusetts.	Francis Dana,
	Elbridge Gerry,	May 29,
	3. Nathaniel Gorham	May 28,
	4. Rufus King,	May 25,
	Caleb Strong,	May 28,
Rhode Island	[No appointment]
Connecticut	5. Wm. Sam. Johnson,	June 2,
	6. Roger Sherman,	May 30,
	Oliver Elsworth,	May 29,
New York	Robert Yates	May 25,
	7. Alexander Hamilton	do.
	John Lansing,	June 2,
New Jersey	8. William Livingston	June 5,
	9. David Brearley	May 25,
	William C. Houston,	do.
	10. William Patterson,	do.
	John Neilson,
	Abraham Clark,
	11. Jonathan Dayton,	June 21,
Pennsylvania.	12. Benjamin Franklin	May 28,
	13. Thomas Mifflin,	do.
	14.Robert Morris,	May 25,
	15. George Clymer,	May 28,
	16. Thomas Fitzsimons,	May 25,
	17. Jared Ingersoll,	May 28,
	18. James Wilson	May 25,
	19. Gouverneur Morris	do.
Delaware	20. George Read,	do.
	21. Gunning Bedford, jr.	May 28,
Delaware.	22. John Dickinson,	May 28,
	23. Richard Basset,	May 25,
	24. Jacob Broom,	do.
Maryland.	25. James M’Henry,	May 29,
	26. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer	June 2,
	27. Daniel Carroll,	July 9,
	John Francis Mercer,	Aug. 6,
	Luther Martin,	June 9,
Virginia.	28. George Washington	May 25,
	Patrick Henry	(declined)
	Edmund Randolph,	May 25,
	29. John Blair,	do.
	30. James Madison, jr	do.
	George Mason,	do.
	George Wythe,	do.
	James M’Clurg, (in the room of P. Henry)	do.
North Carolina	Richard Caswell,	(resigned.)
	Alexander Martin,	May 25,
	William R. Davie,	do.
	31. William Blount, (in the room of R. Caswell)	June 20,
	Willie Jones	(declined.)
	32. Richard D. Spaight,	May 25,
	33. Hugo Williamson (in the room of W. Jones)	May 25,
South Carolina.	34. John Rutledge,	do.
	35. Charles C. Pinckney,	do.
	36. Charles Pinckney,	do.
	37. Pierce Butler,	do.
Georgia.	38. William Few,	do.
	39. Abraham Baldwin,	June 11,
	William Pierce,	May 31,
	George Walton,
	William Houstoun,	June 1,
	Nathaniel Pendleton.

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General Overview

In 1787 and 1788, following the Constitutional Convention, a great debate took place throughout America over the Constitution that had been proposed.

Out-of-Doors Debate

During the struggle for ratification, the Federalists and Antifederalists engaged in a great newspaper and pamphlet debate over the proposed Constitution.