[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
[S. Doc. 107-1]
[Statistical Data]
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[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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RATIFICATION\1\ OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES
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Date of Votes cast Population at Area in
State ratification of the -------------------- date of Population, square Remarks
Constitution Yeas Nays ratification 2000 census miles
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Delaware........................ Dec. 7, 1787....... \2\30 ........ 59,096 783,600 2,045 .................................
Pennsylvania.................... Dec. 12, 1787...... 46 23 434,373 12,281,054 45,308 .................................
New Jersey...................... Dec. 18, 1787...... \2\38 ........ 184,139 8,414,350 7,787 .................................
Georgia......................... Jan. 2, 1788....... \2\26 ........ 82,548 8,186,453 58,910 Seceded Jan. 19, 1861. Readmitted
to representation by the act of
July 15, 1870.
Connecticut..................... Jan. 9, 1788....... 128 40 238,141 3,405,565 5,018 .................................
Massachusetts................... Feb. 6, 1788....... 187 168 378,787 6,349,097 8,284 .................................
Maryland........................ Apr. 28, 1788...... 63 11 319,728 5,296,486 10,460 .................................
South Carolina.................. May 23, 1788....... 149 73 249,073 4,012,012 31,113 Seceded Dec. 20, 1860. Readmitted
to representation upon ratifying
the Fourteenth Amendment, July
9, 1868.
New Hampshire................... June 21, 1788...... 57 46 141,899 1,235,786 9,279 .................................
Virginia........................ June 25, 1788...... 89 79 747,610 7,078,515 \3\ 40,767 Seceded Apr. 17, 1861. Readmitted
to representation by the act of
Jan. 26, 1870.
New York........................ July 26, 1788...... 30 27 340,120 18,976,457 49,108 .................................
North Carolina.................. Nov. 21, 1789...... 184 77 393,751 8,049,313 52,669 Seceded May 21, 1861. Readmitted
to representation upon ratifying
the Fourteenth Amendment, July
4, 1868.
Rhode Island.................... May 29, 1790....... 34 32 68,825 1,048,319 1,212 .................................
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\1\The Constitution was adopted by Convention of the States, Sept. 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States in the order listed.
\2\Unanimous.
\3\The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was 61,352 square miles, but Dec. 31, 1862, a portion of its territory was set off and admitted into
the Union as a free and independent State under the name of West Virginia.
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