Voting Record of the Constitutional Convention
1787
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For four months, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention debated fundamental questions relating to government, power, and human nature. Each and every clause of the Constitution was painstakingly argued and resolved. These pages are from the voting record, which is in two bound volumes. It reflects the countless diplomacies, concessions, and comprises that produced the Constitution.
Delegates to the Convention signed the proposed Constitution on September 17, 1787. William Jackson, who served as Secretary of the Convention, recorded the votes. Blanks spaces in the columns indicate states that weren't present to vote on a specific question. Throughout the entire voting record, the column for Rhode Island is blank or blacked out, since that state chose not to participate in the Convention. The column for New York is blank only for the later stages of the Convention, as two of the three delegates from that state departed early.
The last page included here shows the vote on the motion to appoint a committee to prepare a bill of rights. It also records the final vote taken September 15, 1787.
Delegates to the Convention signed the proposed Constitution on September 17, 1787. William Jackson, who served as Secretary of the Convention, recorded the votes.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention.
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301680Full Citation: Voting Record of the Constitutional Convention; 1787; Official Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, 1785 - 1787; Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, Record Group 360; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/voting-record-constitutional-convention, April 17, 2024]
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