United States Constitution Ratified On This Day in 1787
The following men signed the ratification of the Constitution:
Article VII - Ratification
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names.
George Washington - President and deputy from Virginia
New Hampshire - John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman
Massachusetts - Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King
Connecticut - Wm Saml Johnson, Roger Sherman
New York - Alexander Hamilton
New Jersey - William Livingston, David Brearley, William Paterson, Jonathan Dayton
Pennsylvania - Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimons, Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouvernor Morris
Delaware - George Read, Gunning Bedford Jr., John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jacob Broom
Maryland - James McHenry, Dan of St Thos Jenifer, Daniel Carroll
Virginia - John Blair, James Madison Jr.
North Carolina - Wm Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson
South Carolina - John Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler
Georgia - William Few, Abraham Baldwin
Attest: William Jackson, Secretary
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Note: In today's world, the word "defence" in the Constitution, would be spelled defense.
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Note: In today's world, the word "defence" in the Constitution, would be spelled defense.
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