MCHENRY, by Rosenthal. BLAIR, JOHN, 1732-1800 Lawyer; Virginia Legislature, Provincial Convention, and Council; judge of General Court and Chancery of Virginia; "Deputy" to Constitutional Convention; Ratification Convention; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789-96. RUTLEDGE, by Trumbull; C. C. PINCKNEY, by Trumbull; both courtesy Gallery of Fine Arts, Yale University. C. PINCKNEY, by Stuart, courtesy American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. BUTLER, by Rosenthal. Ratifications, Admissions, and Possessions THE CONSTITUTION was ratified by popular conventions in the several states, in the following order: Delaware_ Pennsylvania. New Jersey- South Carolina_ Virginia New York.. North Carolina_ Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. December 7, 1787; Yeas, 30 (unanimous). May 23, 1788; Yeas, 149; Nays, 73. July 26, 1788; Yeas, 30; Nays, 27. May 29, 1790; Yeas, 34; Nays, 32. |