Virginia Ratifying Convention

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The Virginia Ratifying Convention was the 1788 gathering of delegates in Virginia that debated and ultimately approved the United States Constitution, playing a pivotal role in its national adoption.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
chairperson Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfRatification 1788-06-25 ⓘ
describedBySource The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution by Jonathan Elliot ⓘ
endDate 1788-06-27 ⓘ
followedBy North Carolina Ratifying Convention ⓘ
follows Maryland Ratifying Convention ⓘ
hasEffect helped secure national adoption of the United States Constitution ⓘ
increased pressure on remaining states to ratify the Constitution ⓘ
made Virginia the tenth state to ratify the United States Constitution ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
heldAt Richmond Academy building ⓘ
historicalSignificance key turning point in the struggle over ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
major forum for Federalist and Anti-Federalist arguments ⓘ
locatedIn Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia

Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
mainSubject ratification of the United States Constitution ⓘ
numberOfDelegates 168 ⓘ
partOf state ratifying conventions for the United States Constitution ⓘ
politicalAlignment Anti-Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Anti-Federalists

Federalist ⓘ
linked to: Federalists
president Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
produced recommendations for amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ
secretary John Beckley ⓘ
linked to: John James Beckley
significantEvent ratification of the United States Constitution by Virginia ⓘ
significantPerson Benjamin Harrison V ⓘ
Edmund Randolph ⓘ
George Mason ⓘ
George Nicholas ⓘ
George Wythe ⓘ
Henry Lee III ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ
James Monroe ⓘ
John Marshall ⓘ
Patrick Henry ⓘ
William Grayson ⓘ
startDate 1788-06-02 ⓘ
timePeriod Confederation period of United States history ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
topic federalism in the United States ⓘ
individual rights ⓘ
need for a bill of rights ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
voteResult 89–79 in favor of ratification ⓘ

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James Madison → memberOf → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Richard Henry Lee → participantIn → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
William Grayson → participatedIn → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Hillsborough Convention of 1788 → relatedEvent → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
George Nicholas → participantIn → Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788 ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Ratifying Convention
George Wythe → participantIn → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
John Blair Jr. → memberOf → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
John Blair Jr. → participantIn → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Massachusetts ratifying convention → influenced → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
George Mason IV → memberOf → Virginia Ratifying Convention ⓘ
Thomas Lewis → participantIn → Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788 ⓘ
linked to: Virginia Ratifying Convention