Showing posts with label Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution. Show all posts
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Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution



On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the Constitution, by a vote of 46 to 23. Pennsylvania was the first large state to ratify, as well as the first state to endure a serious Anti-Federalist challenge to ratification.