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Delaware Signers and Ratifiers of the U.S. Constitution
On November 26, 1787, Delaware elected thirty delegates to a state convention to consider ratification.
On December 7, 1787, the delegates, meeting in Dover at Battell's Tavern (also known as the Golden Fleece Tavern) unanimously made Delaware the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. (View the Ratification Document they signed.)
Below is the full list of Delawareans who ratified the Constitution, including a brief biography of each.
Delaware Signers of the U.S. Constitution |
| | | Birth | | Death |
| George Read | | Sept. 18, 1733 | | Sept. 21, 1798 |
| Gunning Bedford, Jr. | | 1747 | | Mar. 30, 1812 |
| John Dickinson | | Nov. 13, 1732 | | Feb. 14, 1808 |
| Richard Bassett | | Apr. 02, 1745 | | Aug. 06, 1815 |
| Jacob Broom | | 1752 | | Apr. 25, 1810 |
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Delaware Ratifiers of the U.S. Constitution |
| | | Birth | | Death |
Sussex County |
| John Ingram | | | | 1798 |
| John Jones | | | | 1798 |
| Will Moore | | | | 1821 |
| William Hall | | | | 1793 |
| Thomas Laws | | 1753 | | 1807 |
| Isaac Cooper | | | | 1821 |
| Woodman Stockley | | | | 1799 |
| John Laws, Jr. | | | | 1788 |
| Thomas Evans | | | | |
| Israel Holland | | Oct. 03, 1750 | | June 19, 1790 |
| View Biographies of Sussex County Ratifiers |
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Kent County |
| Nicholas Ridgely | | Sept. 30, 1762 | | Apr. 01, 1830 |
| Richard Smith | | | | |
| George Truitt | | 1756 | | Oct. 08, 1818 |
| Richard Bassett | | Apr. 02, 1745 | | Sept. 15, 1815 |
| James Sykes | | 1725 | | 1791 |
| Allen McLane | | Aug. 08, 1746 | | May 22, 1829 |
| Daniel Cummins, Sr. | | July 23, 1736 | | June 23, 1797 |
| Joseph Barker | | June 10, 1754 | | July 12, 1825 |
| Edward White | | | | 1795 |
| George Manlove | | | | May 30, 1799 |
| View Biographies of Kent County Ratifiers |
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New Castle County |
| James Latimer, President | | 1719 | | Oct. 15, 1807 |
| James Black | | Dec. 25, 1736 | | 1794 |
| John James | | 1741 | | Apr. 03, 1799 |
| Gunning Bedford, Sr. | | Apr. 07, 1730 | | Sept. 30, 1797 |
| Kensey Johns | | June 14, 1759 | | Dec. 20, 1848 |
| Thomas Wattson | | 1795 | | |
| Solomon Maxwell | | 1742 | | Apr. 19, 1798 |
| Nicholas Way | | c.1750 | | 1797 |
| Thomas Duff | | Sept. 27, 1766 | | 1807 |
| Gunning Bedford, Jr. | | 1747 | | Mar. 30, 1812 |
| View Biographies of New Castle County Ratifiers |
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