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Episode 2 of 4

State ratifications, 1789–1791

When
November 20, 1789 – November 3, 1791
Where
State legislatures of the several states
Part of
Ratification of the U.S. Bill of Rights

Eleven states ratified various articles between November 1789 and November 1791, with Vermont ratifying all twelve articles on November 3, 1791.

New Jersey ratified Articles One and Three through Twelve on November 20, 1789, followed by Maryland (December 19, 1789), North Carolina (December 22, 1789), South Carolina (January 19, 1790), New Hampshire (January 25, 1790), Delaware (January 28, 1790), New York (February 24, 1790), Pennsylvania (Articles Three through Twelve, March 10, 1790), and Rhode Island (June 7, 1790). Vermont ratified Articles One through Twelve on November 3, 1791. Virginia, after failing to ratify during the 1789 session, ratified Article One on November 3, 1791.

Sources

  1. United States Bill of Rights Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06

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