Ratifications of the Constitution

Of the thirteen States which originally composed the Union under the Confederation, eleven ratified the Constitution prior to the 4th of March, 1789, the time fixed by the resolution of September 13, 1788, for commencing proceedings under it, viz:

• Delaware, December 7, 1787.
• Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787.
• New Jersey, December 18, 1787.
• Georgia, January 2, 1788.
• Connecticut, January 9, 1788.
• Massachusetts, February 6, 1788.
• Maryland, April 28, 1788.
• South Carolina, May 23, 1788.
• New Hampshire, June 21, 1788.
• Virginia, June 26, 1788.
• New York, July 26, 1788.

Of the other two States, North Carolina ratified the Constitution on the 21st of November, 1789; of which, information was communicated to Congress by the President, in a message dated January 28, 1790.

Rhode Island ratified it on the 29th of May, 1790; of which, also, information was communicated to Congress by the President, in a message dated June 1, 1790.

The State of Vermont, by convention, ratified the Constitution on the 10th of January, 1791, and was, by an act of Congress of the 18th of February, 1791, “received and admitted into this Union as a new and entire member of the United States of America.”