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United States Constitution

In none of the relatively meager records of the Constitutional Convention is the literary authorship of any part of the Constitution definitely established. The deputies debated proposed plans until, on July 24, 1787, substantial agreement having been reached, a Committee of Detail was appointed, who on August 6 reported a draft which included a Preamble and twenty-three articles, embodying fifty-seven sections.

It starts, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The Constitution was adopted by a convention of the States on September 17, 1787, and was subsequently ratified by the several States: Delaware; Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Georgia; Connecticut; Massachusetts; Maryland; South Carolina; New Hampshire. Ratification was completed on June 21, 1788. The Constitution was subsequently ratified by Virginia; New York; North Carolina; Rhode Island; and Vermont.

Alphabetical Listing

ADAMS, John
Massachusetts
ADAMS, Samuel
Massachusetts
BARTLETT, Josiah
New Hampshire
BRAXTON, Carter
Virginia
CARROLL, Charles
Maryland
CHASE, Samuel
Maryland
CLARK, Abraham
New Jersey
CLYMER,George
Pennsylvania
ELLERY, William
Rhode Island
FLOYD, William
New York
FRANKLIN, Benjamin
Pennsylvania
GERRY, Elbridge
Massachusetts
GWINNETT, Button
Georgia
HALL, Lyman
Georgia
HANKCOCK, John
Massachusetts
HARRISON, Benjamin
Virginia
HART, John
New Jersey
HEWES, Joseph
North Carolina
HEYWARD, Thomas, Jr.
South Carolina

HOOPER, William
North Carolina
HOPKINS, Stephen
Rhode Island
HOPKINSON, Fancis
New Jersey
HUNTINGON, Samuel
Connecticut
JEFFERSON, Thomas
Virginia
LEE, Francis Lightfoot
Virginia
LEE, Richard Henry
Virginia
LEWIS, Francis
New York
LIVINGSTON, Phillip
New York
LYNCH, Thomas, Jr.
South Carolina
MCKEAN, Thomas
Delaware
MIDDLETON, Arthur
South Carolina
MORRIS, Lewis
New York
MORRIS, Robert
Pennsylvania
MORTON, John
Pennsylvania
NELSON, Thomas, Jr.
Virginia
PACA, William
Maryland
PAINE, Robert Treat
Massachusetts
PENN, John
North Carolina

READ, George
Delaware
RODNEY, Casear
Delaware
ROSS, George
Pennsylvania
RUSH, Benjamin
Pennsylvania
RUTLKEDGE, Edward
South Carolina
SHERMAN, Roger
Connecticut
SMITH, James
Pennsylvania
STOCKTON, Richard
New Jersey
STONE, Thomas
Maryland
TAYLOR, George
Pennsylvania
THORNTON, Matthew
New Hampshire
WALTON, George
Georgia
WHIPPLE, William
New Hampshire
WILLIAMS, William
Connecticut
WILSON, James
Pennsylvania
WITHERSPOON, John
New Jersey
WOLCOTT, Oliver
Connecticut
WYTHE, George
Virginia

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