| 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; 13 Amendments Proposed but Rejected by Convention |
| 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, 5 Declarations and Resolves |
Stage V: A Long Hot Summer: Nail Biting Time
|
| New Hampshire*** |
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 |
