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  2. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

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    A separate table is included below showing AoC ratification dates.) These states are presented in the order in which each ratified the 1787 Constitution and joined the others in the new (and current) federal government. The date of admission listed for each subsequent state is the official date set by Act of Congress. [a]

  3. Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States ...

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    As enough delegates have gathered at the Pennsylvania State House to constitute a quorum, the constitutional convention is called to order and delegates begin their work. George Washington is elected president of the convention. William Jackson is selected as the secretary to the convention. Alexander Hamilton, Charles Pinckney and George Wythe ...

  4. Admission to the Union - Wikipedia

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    Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

  5. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution was ratified by the states in the following order: [116] # Date State Votes Yea Nay 1 December 7, 1787 Delaware: 30 0 2 December 12, 1787 Pennsylvania: 46 23 3 December 18, 1787 New Jersey: 38 0 4 January 2, 1788 Georgia: 26 0 5 January 9, 1788 Connecticut: 128 40 6 February 6, 1788 Massachusetts: 187 168 7 April 28, 1788 ...

  6. Article Seven of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Dates the 13 states ratified the Constitution. Article Seven of the United States Constitution sets the number of state ratifications necessary for the Constitution to take effect and prescribes the method through which the states may ratify it. Under the terms of Article VII, constitutional ratification conventions were held in each of the ...

  7. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    When submitted to the states, ratification by 36 states was required for it to become part of the Constitution, as there were forty-eight states. Twenty-eight had ratified the amendment by early 1937, but none have done so since. To become part of the Constitution today, ratification by an additional ten would be required. [176]

  8. Fayetteville Convention - Wikipedia

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    Governor Samuel Johnston presided over the Convention. The Fayetteville Convention was a meeting by 271 delegates from North Carolina to ratify the US Constitution.Governor Samuel Johnston presided over the convention, which met in Fayetteville, North Carolina, from November 16 to 23, 1789 to debate on and decide on the ratification of the Constitution, which had recommended to the states by ...

  9. Ratification - Wikipedia

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    In international law, ratification is the process by which a state declares its consent to be bound to a treaty. In the case of bilateral treaties, ratification is usually accomplished by exchanging the requisite instruments, and in the case of multilateral treaties, the usual procedure is for the depositary to collect the ratifications of all ...