| 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
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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
|
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; 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
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| 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 |
