State-by-State Ratification Table

States are listed in the order in which they ratified the Constitution.

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**	Gilman, 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

Notes:
* Jackson Turner Main has the entry vote as 170 yes, 190 no.
** Postponed earlier meeting on February 22, 1788. Jackson Turner Main lists the entering vote in June as 30 yes, 77 no.
*** Rejected Constitution 184-84 on August 2, 1788. Jackson Turner Main lists the vote as 193 no, 75 yes.
**** Rejected several attempts to hold ratifying convention.