[United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
[S. Doc. 104-1]
[Statistical Data]
[Page 1091]
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                                                               RATIFICATION\1\ OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES                                                              
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                                                                           Votes cast       Population at                     Estimated      Area in                                            
                  State                   Date of ratification of the --------------------     date of       Population,     population,     square                     Remarks                 
                                                  Constitution           Yeas      Nays     ratification     1990 census    July 1, 1995      miles                                             
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Delaware................................  Dec. 7, 1787...............     \2\30  ........          59,096         666,168         717,197       2,045  .........................................
Pennsylvania............................  Dec. 12, 1787..............        46        23         434,373      11,882,842      12,071,842      45,308  .........................................
New Jersey..............................  Dec. 18, 1787..............     \2\38  ........         184,139       7,730,188       7,945,298       7,787  .........................................
Georgia.................................  Jan. 2, 1788...............     \2\26  ........          82,548       6,478,149       7,200,882      58,910  Seceded Jan. 19, 1861. Readmitted to     
                                                                                                                                                        representation by the act of July 15,   
                                                                                                                                                        1870.                                   
Connecticut.............................  Jan. 9, 1788...............       128        40         238,141       3,287,116       3,274,662       5,018  .........................................
Massachusetts...........................  Feb. 6, 1788...............       187       168         378,787       6,016,425       6,073,550       8,284  .........................................
Maryland................................  Apr. 28, 1788..............        63        11         319,728       4,780,753       5,042,438      10,460  .........................................
South Carolina..........................  May 23, 1788...............       149        73         249,073       3,486,310       3,673,287      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       1,109,252       1,148,253       9,279  .........................................
Virginia................................  June 25, 1788..............        89        79         747,610       6,189,197       6,618,358   \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      17,990,778      18,136,081      49,108  .........................................
North Carolina..........................  Nov. 21, 1789..............       184        77         393,751       6,632,448       7,195,138      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       1,003,464         989,794       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.