Pennsylvania 1787 Constitutional Convention
- Office:
- Constitutional Convention (State)
- Title:
- Convention Delegate
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Pennsylvania 1787 Constitutional Convention
- Date:
- 1787
- State:
- Pennsylvania
- Type:
- Legislative
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Constitutional Convention/Convention Delegate
- Candidates:
- yes, no
| Candidates: | yes | no |
|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | ||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 46 | 23 |
| Bedford County | - | 2 |
| James Martain | - | 1 |
| Joseph Powell | - | 1 |
| Berks County | - | 5 |
| John Bishop | - | 1 |
| Joseph Hiester | - | 1 |
| Abraham Lincoln | - | 1 |
| John Ludwig | - | 1 |
| Nicholas Lutz | - | 1 |
| Bucks County | 4 | - |
| John Barclay | 1 | - |
| Abraham Stout | 1 | - |
| Henry Wynkoop | 1 | - |
| Thomas Yardly | 1 | - |
| Chester County | 6 | - |
| Thomas Bull | 1 | - |
| Thomas Cheyney | 1 | - |
| Richard Downing | 1 | - |
| William Gibbons | 1 | - |
| John Hannum | 1 | - |
| Anthony Wayne | 1 | - |
| Cumberland County | - | 4 |
| John Harris | - | 1 |
| Jonathan Hoge | - | 1 |
| John Reynolds | - | 1 |
| Robert Whitehill | - | 1 |
| Dauphin County | - | 3 |
| William Brown | - | 1 |
| John A. Hannah | - | 1 |
| Adam Orth | - | 1 |
| Fayette County | - | 2 |
| Nathaniel Breading | - | 1 |
| John Smilie | - | 1 |
| Franklin County | 1 | 1 |
| John Allison | 1 | - |
| Richard Baird | - | 1 |
| Huntingdon County | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Elliot | 1 | - |
| Lancaster County | 5 | 1 |
| Stephen Chambers | 1 | - |
| Robert Coleman | 1 | - |
| Sebastian Graff | 1 | - |
| John Hubley | 1 | - |
| John Whitehill | - | 1 |
| Jasper Yates | 1 | - |
| Luzerne County | 1 | - |
| Timothy Pickering | 1 | - |
| Montgomery County | 4 | - |
| James Morris | 1 | - |
| Frederick A. Muhlenberg | 1 | - |
| John Richards | 1 | - |
| Jonathan Roberts | 1 | - |
| Northampton County | 4 | - |
| John Arndt | 1 | - |
| Stephen Balliot | 1 | - |
| David Deshler | 1 | - |
| Joseph Horsefield | 1 | - |
| Northumberland County | 2 | - |
| John Boyd | 1 | - |
| William Wilson | 1 | - |
| City of Philadelphia | 5 | - |
| Hilary Baker | 1 | - |
| George Latimer | 1 | - |
| Thomas MacKean | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Rush | 1 | - |
| James Wilson | 1 | - |
| Philadelphia County | 5 | - |
| Samuel Ashmead | 1 | - |
| Enoch Edwards | 1 | - |
| George Gray | 1 | - |
| John Hunn | 1 | - |
| William MacPherson | 1 | - |
| Washington County | 2 | 2 |
| James Edgar | - | 1 |
| James Marshall | - | 1 |
| John Nevill | 1 | - |
| Thomas Scott | 1 | - |
| Westmoreland County | - | 3 |
| John Baird | - | 1 |
| William Findley | - | 1 |
| William Todd | - | 1 |
| York County | 6 | - |
| John Black | 1 | - |
| Thomas Campbell | 1 | - |
| David Grier | 1 | - |
| Thomas Hartley | 1 | - |
| Benjamin Pedan | 1 | - |
| Henry Slagle | 1 | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected county delegates voted on the ratification of the new United States Constituion. Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the Constitution on December 12, 1787, five days after Delaware became the first.
[2]"Wednesday last, in the Convention of this State, on motion of Mr. Hartly, seconded by Mr. Chambers, the original question, as moved by Mr. M'Kean, viz. 'Will this Convention assent to and ratify the Constitution agreed to on the 17th of September last, by the Convention of the United States of America, held at Philadelphia,' was put, and carried in the affirmative." The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 15, 1787.
References:
The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 1, 1787.
The Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 15, 1787.
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