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Grand Convention at Philadelphia, May to September, 1787, Quill Project 2021 Edition.
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Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: On 14 May, Washington writes in his diary, 'This being the day appointed for the Convention to meet, such Members as were in town assembled at the State Ho[use]; but only two States being represented – viz. –Virginia and... Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand writes that 'Madison, James, Jr., of Virginia. Attended on May 14 and thereafter' (Page 589, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). He likely bases this assessment on a 15 May letter from Madison to Thomas Jefferson, in which... Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: According to Farrand, only two delegates – Madison and Washington – were definitely present on 14 May. However, various pieces of miscellany provide more information about the delegates who arrived on this day. For instance, Washington... Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In the 15 May entry of his diary, Washington writes, 'Repaired, at the hour appointed to the State Ho[use], but no more states being represented than were yesterday (tho' several more members had come in) we agreed to meet again to... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In the 15 May entry of his diary, Washington writes, 'Repaired, at the hour appointed to the State Ho[use], but no more states being represented than were yesterday (tho' several more members had come in) we agreed to meet again to... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand notes King attending 'as early as May 21' (Page 588, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). Farrand's account is corroborated by a letter from Gorham to Caleb Davis, which reads, 'And no Gentleman having come forward but Mr.... Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Washington's diary entry for this day states that 'The Representation from No. Carolina was compleated which made a representation for five States' (Page 14, George Washington: Diary (James Hutson, 1987)). He does not specify the... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Washington's journal entry for this day states that 'The Representation from No. Carolina was compleated which made a representation for five States' (Page 14, George Washington: Diary (James Hutson, 1987)). He does not specify the... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand says of G. Morris' attendance, 'Attended on May 25, and probably before; he left the Convention a few days after and was absent until July 2' (Page 589, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). It is possible, however, that he... Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Washington's diary entry from 21 May states that 'Delaware State was represented.' (Page 12, George Washington: Diary (James Hutson, 1987)). The credentials for the delegates from Delaware authorized George Read, Gunning Bedford, John... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Washington's diary entry from 21 May states that 'Delaware State was represented.' (Page 12, George Washington: Diary (James Hutson, 1987)). The credentials for the delegates from Delaware authorized George Read, Gunning Bedford, John... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In his diary entry for 25 May, Washington notes that 'Another Delegate coming in from the State of New Jersey gave it representation and encreased the number to Seven which forming a quoram [sic] of the 13 Members present resolved to... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand notes in Appendix B of the Records that Spaight – a delegate of North Carolina – joined the Convention on 19 May, likely on the basis of a 19 May article in the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, which listed the... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand says of R. Morris' attendance, 'Attended on May 25, and probably before' (Page 589, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). It is possible, however, that he was one of the Pennsylvania delegates present on 14 May. A 19 May... Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand says of Fitzsimons' attendance, 'Attended on May 25, and probably earlier' (Page 588, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). It is possible, however, that he was one of the Pennsylvania delegates present on 14 May. A 19 May... Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand says of Wilson's attendance, 'Attended as early as May 25 (probably before) and thereafter' (Page 590, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). It is possible, however, that he was one of the Pennsylvania delegates present on 14... Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In the 15 May entry of his diary, Washington writes, 'Repaired, at the hour appointed to the State Ho[use], but no more states being represented than were yesterday (tho' several more members had come in) we agreed to meet again to... Wednesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand says of Ingersoll's attendance, 'Attended on May 28, and probably earlier, although absent on May 25' (Page 588, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). It seems likely that Ingersoll is one of the Pennsylvania delegates that... Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand notes Davie arriving on 22 May or 23 May. However, in Blount's letter to John Gray Blount from this day, he does not list Davie being present at the Convention on 22 May, as he does with Spaight, Williamson, and A. Martin. It is... Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand says of Clymer's attendance, 'Attended May 28, but probably before, although absent on May 25' (Page 587, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). It is possible, however, that he was one of the Pennsylvania delegates present on... Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand says of Mifflin's attendance, 'Attended on May 28, and probably before, although absent on May 25' (Page 589, Vol. 3, Appendix B (Max Farrand, 1911)). It is possible, however, that he was one of the Pennsylvania delegates... Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the proposed rules have been debated and decided upon, the editors have dropped the Rules Committee's report for clarity in the timeline, as it is no longer under consideration.] Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the letter, suggesting that it was accepted without objection.] Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having adopted the final rule, the Convention presumably adopted the rules in their entirety.] Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the additional rules had been debated and decided upon, the editors have dropped the Rules Committee's report for clarity in the timeline, as it was no longer under consideration.] Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Thursday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Friday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Up until this point in the record, none of the members of Maryland have been noted as arriving at the Convention. Farrand, adhering to the account in the official Journal, notes the first Maryland delegate as arriving on 28 May.... Wednesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
Rule 11 Monday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Resolutions of the Committee of the Whole House (Amended) Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Wednesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: After Ellsworth's amendment was adopted, the Convention moved on to consider the Second Resolution, indicating that the amended First Resolution was taken into the working document.] Wednesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Thursday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Third Resolution - First Clause (Election of Members) Thursday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention voted to adopt Randolph's motion for three years, Ellsworth's motion for one year has been represented as dropped.] Thursday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In the following session, the Convention moved on to consideration of the third clause of the Third Resolution. It seems, then, that the amended version of the second clause was taken into the working document.] Thursday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Third Resolution - Fourth Clause (Ineligibility to Public Office) Friday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Pinckney's Plan Tuesday May 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In a 19 May letter from Livingston to Brearley, Livingston writes, 'I suspect that by the middle of next week at farthest we shall have a full representation by the attendance of Mr. Clark and Mr. Patterson. Mr. Houston’s ill state of... Wednesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: By this point, the Convention had finished debating the language in the Third Resolution, and as it would go on to consider the Fourth Resolution in the next session, the last two votes are taken as evidence that the Convention adopted... Saturday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention now debated the Fourth Resolution clause by clause. In order to mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the Fourth Resolution in its 'whole' form and created a working version, onto which amendments the individual... Monday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Since Yates emphasizes that Read's motion was not seconded, and no vote is recorded, it has been represented here as immediately dropped.] Monday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The term length having been decided, the other proposals on this clause became redundant. The confused text seen here is a result of the Quill platform being unable to represent the amendment due to the number of subsequent changes... Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The term length having been decided, the other proposals on this clause became redundant and have therefore been represented as 'dropped'.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The term length having been decided, the other proposals on this clause became redundant and have therefore been represented as 'dropped'. The confused text seen here is a result of the Quill platform being unable to represent the... Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention moved on to discuss the fourth clause, the third clause as amended was taken into the working document.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention moved on to the consideration of subsequent clauses, and the compensation clause was taken into the working document.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Fourth Resolution - Fifth Clause (Paid by National Treasury) Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Fourth Resolution - Sixth Clause (Ineligibility to Public Office) Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention now moved on to the Fifth Resolution, and the amended Fourth Resolution was taken into the working document.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Seventh Resolution (Representation in First Branch of Legislature) Wednesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Seventh Resolution - Second Clause (Proportional Representation) Friday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The first clause of the Seventh Resolution was taken into the working document, though the remainder was still undecided. These other clauses will later be referred to a committee. The Journal on 2 July records that 'the eighth... Friday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Eighth Resolution (Representation in Second Branch of Legislature) Friday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: According to Madison, Hamilton left the convention temporarily after the session on 29 June. Farrand records the following: 'Attended on May 18; left Convention June 29; was in New York after July 2; appears to have been in... Saturday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Franklin's proposal seems to have not been seconded or attracted any discussion, so it has been represented as 'dropped'.] Saturday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the result of the debate, CC Pinckney's motion was modified and voted on in two parts. The original version has therefore been represented as dropped.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Proposals for the Consideration of the First Committee on Representation Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention had appointed a committee, it referred the proposals in question to the Committee for its consideration.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the First Committee on Representation: First Proposition Thursday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Committee had been formed, the Convention referred the proposals in question for the Committee's consideration.] Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the First Committee on Representation: First Proposition - Second Clause Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Though the first clause of the First Proposition had been sent to the Second Committee on Representation for consideration, the vote to accept the second clause means that the Convention had decided to accept the First Proposition in... Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Second Committee on Representation (Amended) Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Following the creation of the Third Committee on Representation, the Convention referred the proposals in question to the Committee.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Committee agreed to the recommendations made by the Third Committee, and those recommendations replaced the Second Committee's First Proposition.] Tuesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Committee agreed to the recommendations made by the Third Committee, and those recommendations replaced the Second Committee's First Proposition. As the Second Proposition was already agreed, the amended propositions of the Second... Tuesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention decided to divide Williamson's resolution and consider it clause by clause. To mimic this process, the 'whole' version of the resolution has been dropped.] Wednesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Williamson's Proposition for a Census Wednesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Whole Question Called For Saturday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison says that, at the opening of the session, 'Mr. L. Martin called for the question on the whole report, including the parts relating to the origination of money bills, and the equality of votes in the 2d. branch.' (Page 2, Vol. 2,... Saturday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention agreed the amended propositions of the First Committee on Representation, the original report was dropped from consideration.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention adopted the amended committee propositions, the original second clause of the Seventh Resolution was dropped.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention adopted the amended committee propositions, the original Eighth Resolution was dropped.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the First Committee on Representation Accepted Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Following the Convention adopting the Report of the First Committee on Representation, the amended propositions were re-incorporated into the main resolutions from the Convention as numbers seven and eight.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As Martin's final amendment was agreed, the Sixth Resolution was adopted, and the Convention moved on to consider the Ninth Resolution.] Tuesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Ninth Resolution (Executive) Tuesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The decision to accept Houstoun's motion is, in effect, a rejection of the Sixth Clause.] Tuesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Thirteenth Resolution (Jurisdiction) Wednesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention adopted the Thirteenth Resolution as amended.] Wednesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As both clauses of the Fifteenth Resolution were separately rejected, the whole resolution was therefore struck out.] Wednesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: This motion was not mentioned again. For this reason, it has been represented here as dropped.] Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In a letter to update Livingston on the goings on at the Convention and urge him to return, Dayton writes: 'Philadelphia July 13th 1787 Sir I have the mortification to inform your Excellency that, altho' we have been daily in... Saturday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: After agreeing to the final postponed clause of the Eleventh Resolution, the Convention appears to tacitly agreed the resolution as a whole.] Saturday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Gerry's motion is not recorded in the Journal, and Madison does not note a seconder. For this reason, the editors assume that the proposal was immediately dropped for lack of a second.] Wednesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Further Resolutions for the Committee of Detail Thursday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The record shows that the original version of Mason's resolution was now abandoned and the two parts debated and voted on separately.] Thursday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Constitution Proposed by the Committee of Detail (Amended) Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no evidence in the record of whether Morris's amendment was seconded, and so it may have been dropped previously for lack of a second. However, with Randolph's intervention, the motion was likely dropped at this stage at the latest.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article IV (House of Representatives) Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Upon leaving Philadelphia on 21 July, Dayton had intended to return on 1 August. News of the long adjournment and business at home no doubt led to an extension of his stay. In the previous two sessions, the Secretary recorded the New... Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Dickinson's amendment is effectively a reworking of Rutledge's motion. For this reason, the editors assume that Rutledge's motion was dropped in favor of Dickinson's.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The decision to accept Pinckney's motion to remove Section 5 was, in effect, a rejection of the the section.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: With the vote to adopt the final section, the Convention tacitly agreed the Fourth Article as amended.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article V (Senate) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison writes that 'Mr. Randolph called for a division of the Section, so as to leave a distinct question on the last words, “each member shall have one vote”' (Page 232, Vol. 2, Madison's Notes (Max Farrand, 1911)). As a result,... Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article V: Section 1 (Membership) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article V: Section 1 - Subsection 2 (One Member, One Vote) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: After agreeing the final section, the Convention adopted the amended Fifth Article.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI (Regulation of Legislature) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison writes that the 'Division of the question being called, it was taken on the first part down to "but their provisions concerning &c"' (Page 240, Vol. 2, Madison's Notes (Max Farrand, 1911)). As a result, Article VI, Section I... Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI: Section 1 (Election Days) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI: Section 1 - Clause 1 (Time and Place of Election) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI: Section 1 - Clause 2 (Congressional Control of Elections) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention took the amended second clause into the working document.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: At this point, the Convention decided to vote on the section clause by clause. To capture this procedure, the editors have represented the 'whole' version of the section as dropped and the separate clauses proposed and voted upon.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI: Section 7 (Record Keeping) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI: Section 8 - Clause 1 (No Adjournment Over Three Days) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Over the last few sessions, both Jackson's and Madison's record keeping had become sporadic. The record for these sessions is consequently confusing, and certain events appear in only one source. At this point, it is clear that the... Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: This motion was likely dropped for lack of a second.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Sherman's motion was likely dropped for lack of a second.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: It appears that Ellsworth's motion was then divided. The Journal notes two votes taking place. Madison writes that the next vote was '[o]n the question for paying the Members of the Legislature out of the Natl Treasury' (Page 292, Vol.... Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI: Section 13 (Presidential Approval) Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated and amended the Sixth Article, the Convention then moved on to the Seventh Article. Though they left two sections postponed, it is clear that they considered the rest of the article agreed, though no formal vote seems to... Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VII (Legislation) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Evidently, Ellsworth agreed to alter his original amendment.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention had agreed to Ellsworth's counter-proposal, Pinckney's amendment was likely dropped.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Dickenson's Motion for Power to Subdue Rebellion Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI: Section 8 - Clause 3 (Senate Exemption) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Over the last few sessions, both Jackson's and Madison's record keeping had become sporadic. The record for these sessions is consequently confusing, and certain events appear in only one source. At this point, it is clear that the... Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison suggests that these proposals were agreed unanimously.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: This amendment appears to have been dropped for lack of a second.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Proposals for the Committee on State Debts Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Likely, a report containing Rutledge's proposal was sent to the Committee. The contents of this report are editorial, as no record survives.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VII: Section 1 - Clause 16 (Navy) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The editors assume that the amended clause was now adopted, though there is no record of a final vote.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The editors assume that Mason's revision to his own motion was within order and therefore accepted.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The editors assume that, because Mason's and CC Pinckney's amendments were referred to a committee, Ellsworth's proposal was tacitly rejected by the Convention and therefore dropped from consideration.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Journal notes that the Convention agreed to refer the motion.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VII: Section 1 - Clause 17 (Militia) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: At this point, the Convention split the section into its clauses and considered them separately. To mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the 'whole' version of the section and proposed the clauses individually.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VII: Section 4 (Import and Export) Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VII: Section 4 - Clause 2 (Slave Trade) Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Proposals for the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Proposals on Navigation Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Per the Convention's decision to commit the Sixth Section, the section was added to the report for the Committee.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Committee was formed, the Convention referred its report for the Committee's consideration.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's record of this moment differs from Jackson's in that he describes a vote taking place on each part of the clause: 'The question being divided, The first part of the motion relating to bills of attainder was agreed to nem.... Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Both the Journal and Madison record only one vote, which seems to have had the effect of agreeing to Morris' amendment and the original clause.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia: Second Clause (Militia) Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention decided to divide the second clause into its sub-clauses and decide upon them individually. To mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the original clause in its 'whole' form and proposed the sub-clauses separately.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on State Debts and Militia: Second Clause (Militia) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Second Clause: Second Part (Appointment of Officers) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention decided upon the final part of the second clause, the whole clause as amended was taken into the working document.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention decided upon the final part of the second clause, the amended report from the Committee on State Debts and Militia was adopted.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention decided upon the final part of the second clause, the amended report from the Committee on State Debts and Militia was adopted. As a result, the original Committee Report was effectively dropped from consideration.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The agreed clauses proposed by the Committee were integrated into the text of the Committee of Detail's amended Constitution.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VIII (Legislative Supremacy) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Journal suggests that the Convention then split the section into its clauses to consider them individually. To mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the 'whole' version of the section and proposed the clauses separately.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article IX: Section 1 (Foreign Policy and Appointments) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The decision to agree to Rutledge's 'striking out' amendment was, in effect, a decision to reject Sections 2 and 3.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article X: Section 1 - Clauses 4 and 5 (Elections and Terms) Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Though the last two clauses had been postponed, the rest of the section seems to have been agreed.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention had finished with their reconsideration of the first clause, the first section of Article VII was taken into the working version of the Constitution.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation: Article VII: Section 4 (Import and Export) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation: Article VII: Section 4 - Clause 1 (Slave Trade) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation: Article VII: Section 4 - Clause 2 (Taxation of Slave Trade) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention had agreed both clauses, the editors assume the whole section was taken into the working document, though the delegates did not explicitly vote to do so.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: McHenry's and Pinckney's propositions were added to the propositions for the Committee.] Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Though it is not explicitly stated in any of the sources, it seems that the Convention began to consider each section clause by clause. To mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the section in its 'whole' form and proposed the... Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article X: Section 2 (Presidential Powers and Regulations) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article X: Section 2 - Clause 8 (Power of Pardon) Saturday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention tacitly agreed the eighth clause.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article X: Section 2 - Clause 9 (Commander-in-Chief) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The amended clause appears to have then been accepted, though the records are unclear regarding the procedure.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article X: Section 2 - Clauses 10 and 11 (Compensation and Oath of Office) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The next two clauses appear to have been accepted without comment or vote.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention took up the next article, suggesting that the agreed portion of the current section was taken into the working document.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention took up the next article, suggesting that the section was taken into the working document.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XI: Section 3 - Clauses 1 and 2 (Jurisdiction Over Federal Laws and Officers) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention appears to have departed from procedure in its consideration of these clauses. Certain clauses are adopted with no comment, while others are postponed or amended. This behaviour operates as something of a hybrid between... Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XI: Section 3 - Clause 3 (Impeachment Trials) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XI: Section 3 - Clause 4 (Maritime Jurisdiction) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention appears to have accepted the fourth clause without comment or a vote.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XI: Section 3 - Clause 5 (State Disputes) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The clause seems to have been taken into the working document, though there is no record of a formal vote in any of the sources.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XI: Section 3 - Clause 6: Sub-Clause 2 (Cases of Original Jurisdiction) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention appears to have taken the sub-clause into the working document, though none of the sources notes a formal vote.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XI: Section 3 - Clause 7 (Appellate Jurisdiction) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention had finished amending the third section, the section was taken into the working document.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XI: Section 3 - Clause 8 (Inferior Courts) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The decision to strike out the clause had the same effect as rejecting the clause.] Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the preceding amendment had been agreed, the third section was taken into the working document without a formal vote.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention divided Morris's amendment into two clauses and considered them separately. In order to mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the 'whole' version of the amendment and proposed the clauses individually.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention chose to consider Morris' amendment further, Pinckney's original motion on habeas corpus was effectively dropped.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention moved on to consider the next article, the editors assume that Article XI was taken into the working document.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Rutledge's motion to insert 'nor pass bills of attainder nor retrospective laws' replaced King's motion.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Following the selection of members to the Committee, the Convention referred the propositions for Article XVI to the Committee for consideration.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation Accepted: Article VII: Section 4 - Clause 2 Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention accepted the amended Committee propositions, which were taken into the working document as Article VII: Section 4, Clause 2.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The amended Committee propositions were taken into the working document.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The amended Committee propositions were taken into the working document.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation Accepted: Article VII: Section 5 Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The amended Committee propositions were taken into the working document.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once its propositions had been debated, amended, and accepted, the original report was dropped from the Convention's consideration.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XVIII: Clause 2 (Protection from Violence) Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention had agreed the amended second clause, Article XVIII was taken into the working document.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Article XXIII: Section 2 (Execution of Constitution) Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention had amended the second section, the section was taken into the working document.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Commercial Discrimination (Amended) Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Commercial Discrimination: Third Clause Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The amended Committee report was tacitly adopted.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Commercial Discrimination Accepted Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As it had accepted the Report of the Committee on Commercial Discrimination, the Convention would have included the amended propositions in Article VII: Section 4 of the draft Constitution.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As it had decided on the final unresolved part of Article VII, the Convention took the article into the working document.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As it had accepted the amended Report of the Committee on Commercial Discrimination, the Convention tacitly dropped the original report from consideration.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The postponed parts of the draft Constitution and the Second Report of the Committee of Detail were referred to the Committee.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The postponed parts of the draft Constitution and the Second Report of the Committee of Detail were referred to the Committee.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: It seems likely that several members of the Committee were given a copy of Mason's propositions, and though it was not officially referred, the document has been shown as playing a part in their deliberations.] Friday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy (Amended) Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy: First Proposition Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy: Second Proposition Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated, amended, and agreed both propositions of the report, the Convention had finished considering the report and likely considered it tacitly agreed, though there is no record of a final vote on the report in its entirety.] Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy Accepted Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The result of agreeing to the amended Report of the Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy was that the propositions for Article VII: Section 1 and Article XVI were incorporated into the text of the draft Constitution. Further,... Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As a result of agreeing to the amended Report of the Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy, the original report was dropped from consideration in the Convention.] Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters (Amended) Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Article VI: Section 9 (Ineligibility to Public Office) Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Journal states that '[s]eparate questions having been taken on the report as amended they passed in the affirmative' (Page 487, Vol. 2, Official Journal (Max Farrand, 1911)). This statement suggests that the report was considered... Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Article VI: Section 9 - First Clause (Legislators Ineligible to Public Office) Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Article VI: Section 9 - Second Clause (Office Holders Ineligible to be Legislators) Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters Accepted Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The result of agreeing to the amended First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters is that the proposition for Article VI: Section 9 was incorporated into the text of the draft Constitution.] Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The result of agreeing to the amended First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters and incorporating the proposition for Article VI: Section 9 into the text of the draft Constitution is that the original report was dropped from... Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Second Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters (Amended) Tuesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Third Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters (Amended) Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Third Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Third Proposition Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Third Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Fourth Proposition Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention agreed to both clauses of the Fourth Proposition, the whole proposition was effectively accepted.] Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Resolution and Order on Costs of Convention Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention had agreed the resolution and order, it tacitly adopted the whole document.] Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention adopted the amended versions of the resolution and order, the editors have dropped the 'whole' version these texts, as they were no longer under consideration.] Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention then decided to split the proposition into its separate parts. To mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the 'whole' version of the proposition in order to propose the clause individually.] Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Amendment to Require a Majority of the Whole Number of Electors Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In recreating the Second Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters it was necessary to use both Madison's and the Journal's records. Though the editors typically prefer the Journal's version, Madison and Farrand both point out that... Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Hamilton left Philadelphia on 15 August to attend to business in Congress and his legal practice in New York. Having failed to convince Lansing or Yates to return with him, he was unable to vote at the Convention. Madison records... Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Second Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Fourth Proposition Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Second Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Fourth Proposition - Third Clause Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: In the Detail of Ayes and Noes, there is a vote tally with no descriptor aside from the words 'To agree to' (Page 520, Vol. 3, Detail of Ayes and Noes (Max Farrand, 1911)). Farrand suggests that this vote was on the whole of the clause... Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Second Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters: Fourth Proposition - Eighth Clause Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Though none of the sources record a vote, the editors assume that the Convention considered this clause to stand part of the text.] Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention then decided to vote on the two parts of King's Amendment separately. To mimic this procedure, the editors have dropped the 'whole' version of the amendment and proposed the two parts individually.] Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention finished debating the Fourth Proposition, it went on to consider the next part of the Committee's Second Report. Though there is no record of a formal vote on the whole proposition, the editors assume that it was... Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention agreed to all of its clauses, the proposition was taken into the working document.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand states that Madison crossed out this resolution in his notes and then repeated it later. Madison likely did this because Mason proposed the resolution, but the Convention didn't take it up immediately. It seems more likely that... Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated, amended, and agreed all of the propositions of the Third Report of the Committee of Postponed Matters, the Convention tacitly agreed the report as a whole.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Third Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters Accepted Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated, amended, and agreed all of the propositions of the Third Report of the Committee of Postponed Matters, the Convention tacitly agreed the report as a whole. As a result, the report's propositions were taken into the draft... Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated, amended, and agreed all of the propositions of the Third Report of the Committee of Postponed Matters, the Convention tacitly agreed the report as a whole. As a result, the report's propositions were taken into the draft... Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated, amended, and agreed all of the propositions of the Second Report of the Committee of Postponed Matters, the Convention tacitly agreed the report as a whole.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Second Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters Accepted Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated, amended, and agreed all of the propositions of the Second Report of the Committee of Postponed Matters, the Convention tacitly agreed the report as a whole. As a result, the report's propositions were taken into the... Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Having debated, amended, and agreed all of the propositions of the Second Report of the Committee of Postponed Matters, the Convention tacitly agreed the report as a whole. As a result, the report's propositions were taken into the... Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention had appointed the Committee of Style and Arrangement, incorporated the several amended committee reports, and added amendments to the Committee of Detail's draft Constitution, the Convention referred the document to... Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention had agreed each clause, the editors have dropped the draft version of the letter, as it was no longer under consideration.] Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Paterson left the Convention after the recess on 26 July. Farrand includes a letter from Brearly urging his return. 'Philadelphia 21 Aug. 1787. I was in hopes after the Committee had reported, that we should have been able to have... Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Williamson's Amendment for a Two Thirds Majority to Overturn Presidential Veto Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 4. As the Journal noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 3 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 5. As the Journal noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 4 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 6. As the Journal noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 5 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article I: Section 6 (Rights and Restrictions of Members) Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 7. As the Journal noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 6 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article I: Section 7 (Legislation) Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 8. As the Journal noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 7 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Amendment to Grant Further Charters of Incorporation Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Jackson writes in the Journal, 'It was moved and seconded to proceed to the comparing of the report, from the Committee of revision, with the articles which were agreed to by the House [...] and the same was read by paragraphs,... Thursday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article I (Legislature) Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 9. As the Journal noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 8 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article I: Section 9 (Restrictions on Legislature) Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the vote for reconsideration failed, Mason's amendment was effectively dropped.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: This amendment was clearly adopted, as it is appears in the final Constitution.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 10. As the Journal indicated that the draft was agreed by section, Section 9 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article I: Section 10 (Prohibitions Upon States) Friday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of a vote on McHenry's amendment, but as Langdon's amendment was adopted, McHenry's was effectively amended and agreed as well.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Article II. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 10 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote to do so.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Article II. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Article I was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote to do so.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article II (Executive) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article II: Section 1 (President) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 2. As the Journal previously indicated that the draft was agreed by section, Section 1 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article II: Section 2 (Presidential Powers) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amending Article III. As the Journal previously indicated that the draft was agreed by section, Section 2 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote. Likewise, Article... Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article II: Section 3 (Presidential Responsibilities) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amending Article III. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 3 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article II: Section 4 (Impeachment) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Article III. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 4 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Article III. Therefore, Article II was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote. The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Article III.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article III (Judiciary) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article III: Section 1 (Federal Courts) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Section 2. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 1 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article III: Section 2 (Jurisdiction) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Section 3. As the Journal previously indicated that the draft was agreed by section, Section 2 was likely noted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article III: Section 3 (Treason) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Article IV. As the Journal previously indicated that the draft was agreed by section, Article III: Section 3 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Article IV. Article III was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article IV (States) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article IV: Section 1 (State Laws) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The records indicate that the Convention moved on to amend Article IV: Section 2. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 1 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article IV: Section 2 (Rights and Restrictions of State Citizenship) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 3. As the Journal previously indicated that the draft was agreed by section, Section 2 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Section 4. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Section 3 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article IV: Section 4 (Federal Obligations) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Article V. As the Journal previously noted that the draft was agreed by section, Article IV: Section 4 was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Article V. Article IV was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Amendment to Clarify the Clauses on Slavery Not to be Altered Prior to 1808 Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: At this point, the Convention likely agreed to alter and fill in the blanks in Article V, which pertained to preventing legislation against slavery before 1808.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Article VI. Article V was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VI (Legal Supremacy, Debts and Oaths) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention moved on to consider Article VII. Article VI was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Article VII (Ratification) Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison's notes indicate that the Convention went on to vote on the final version of the Constitution. Article VII was likely adopted, though there is no record of a vote.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention adopted the amended Constitution from the Committee of Style and Arrangement, the Committee's original report was effectively dropped from consideration.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Jacob Shallus was chosen for the task of engrossing the Constitution and was paid $30 for the work. Shallus was Assistant Clerk to the Pennsylvania General Assembly, which met at the Pennsylvania State House, the same building used by... Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Redraft of Letter to Congress Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Farrand includes a final version of the letter George Washington sent to Congress. The contents of the letter were agreed on 12 September, but the letter itself states that it was written in the Convention on 17 September and then... Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: These two resolutions, sent to Congress by the Convention, were taken from the Report Articles XXII and XXIII, which had been previously postponed. They were clearly written into a document to be sent to Congress alongside the... Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Explanation of Corrections Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Scribe Jacob Shallus made a number of corrections to his engrossed copy of the Constitution. As the Convention granted him only Sunday to write out the Constitution, there are several omissions in the text due to the difficult and... Monday September 1787Committee: Rules Committee
Proposed Rules and Standing Orders of the Convention Saturday May 1787Committee: Rules Committee
Motion to Rise Saturday May 1787Committee: Rules Committee
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Saturday May 1787Committee: Rules Committee
[Editors' note: On 29 May 1787, the Official Journal records that 'Mr Wythe reported, from the Committee to whom the motions made by Mr Butler and Mr Spaight were referred, that the Committee had examined the matters of the said motions, and had come... Monday May 1787Committee: Rules Committee
Motion to Rise Monday May 1787Committee: Rules Committee
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, it is plausible to assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Monday May 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Pinckney's Plan Wednesday May 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Virginia Plan (Amended) Wednesday May 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: As there is no record that this proposal received any further consideration, the editors assume that it was dropped for lack of a second.] Wednesday May 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Fourth Resolution - Remaining Clauses (Membership of First Branch of Legislature) Thursday May 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Though the majority of the resolution had been postponed, the first clause was considered part of the plan and influenced how subsequent motions progressed. For this reason, the resolution is shown here as being accepted and the... Thursday May 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: With Pinckney's amendment for seven year terms having been accepted, Wilson's motion was implicitly dropped from consideration.] Friday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: The Journal record for the votes on Madison's and Pinckney's amendments reads: 'It was then moved, by Mr Madison, seconded by Mr Wilson, after the word instituted to add the words “with power to carry into execution the national laws,... Friday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: The Journal record for the votes on Madison's and Pinckney's amendments reads: 'It was then moved, by Mr Madison, seconded by Mr Wilson, after the word instituted to add the words “with power to carry into execution the national laws,... Friday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Madison's notes state that the Convention then went on to debate the next clause, so the editors assume that the amended clause regarding terms was accepted.] Friday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: It seems that the Committee dropped this amendment in favour of a similar one by Pinckney and Wilson.] Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Since the Committee now moved on to the Eighth Resolution, the editors assume that the Seventh Resolution as amended was adopted into the working document.] Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Once the Committee adopts Madison's proposal to strike out 'the National Legislature', this clause was taken into the working document, and the Committee moved on to consider the resolution's subsequent clauses.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Having decided to agree to the first few clauses of the Ninth Resolution and to postpone consideration of the final clause, the Committee took the former into its working document and proceeded to the consideration of the Tenth Resolution.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Tenth Resolution (Admittance of States) Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: There is no record of a vote, suggesting that Gerry's motion was adopted without one.] Thursday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Since Madison does not describe a vote, and the Journal does not mention Sherman's proposal, the editors have assumed that the amendment was dropped immediately for lack of a second.] Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Madison and the Journal (which omits the proposal) again suggest that Rutledge's suggestion was dropped, in spite of Butler's support.] Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Dickinson's proposal is not mentioned again in any of the accounts for this day. However, it does appear in later sessions, so though it may not have been considered in this instance, it does not appear to have been dropped entirely.... Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Though there is no evidence of a formal vote, the editors assume that the amended Second Resolution was taken into the document, as the Committee moved on to the consideration of the Eleventh Resolution.] Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: The Thirteenth Resolution now came before the Committee. The resolution originally proposed by Randolph was set aside and the individual clauses considered separately. The original resolution is therefore shown as being dropped, a blank... Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Thirteenth Resolution (Amendments) Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: In a 19 May letter from Livingston to Brearley, Livingston writes, 'I suspect that by the middle of next week at farthest we shall have a full representation by the attendance of Mr. Clark and Mr. Patterson. Mr. Houston’s ill state of... Wednesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: When the first clause of the Thirteenth Resolution was adopted, it was taken into the working document.] Monday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: As Jenifer's motion for triennial elections was adopted, Sherman's motion was likely dropped. The confused spacing seen here is a result of the Quill platform being unable to represent the amendment due to the number of subsequent... Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: As Jenifer's motion for triennial elections was adopted, Rutledge's motion was likely dropped. The confused spacing seen here is a result of the Quill platform being unable to represent the amendment due to the number of subsequent... Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: At this point, the sources suggest that the consideration of the remaining clauses of the Fourth Resolution as a whole was abandoned in favour of voting on selected elements clause by clause.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Fourth Resolution - Third Clause (Ineligibility to Public Office) Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Fourth Resolution - Fourth Clause (Re-election) Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Pinckney's motion to strike out the final clause was accepted, which the editors have portrayed by rejecting the clause.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Fifth Resolution - Remaining Clauses (Membership of Second Branch of Legislature) Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Both Madison and the Journal show that the Committee did not vote on the proposal for three year terms in the second branch. The proposal was effectively dropped, and the seven year term proposal voted on.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Lansing writes in his notes from this day: 'Question on the whole Clause, 10 Ayes—1 No' (Page 50, Lansing's Notes (Joseph Strayer, 1939)). This appears to be the same vote count that Madison and the Journal attribute to the... Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Only the Journal mentions this motion and does not record a vote. There is no further record of this amendment, so the editors therefore assume that the amendment was dropped.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Madison's original notes make no mention of this proposal, which is recorded only in the Journal. There is no record of a vote, and it appears not to have passed, as debate and amendments continued. For these reasons, the editors assume... Tuesday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
New Jersey Plan Saturday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
Virginia Plan as Reported by Committee of the Whole House Saturday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
New Jersey Plan (Amended) Saturday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: This motion was not mentioned again, so the editors assume it was dropped due to a lack of support or time.] Saturday June 1787Committee: First Committee on Representation
Agreed Report of the First Committee on Representation Tuesday July 1787Committee: First Committee on Representation
[Editors' note: In his State of Facts (1788), included in a letter from 21 January 1788 to the Vice President of the Convention of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry recollects the debate on this report in the First Committee on Representation. The relevant... Tuesday July 1787Committee: First Committee on Representation
[Editor's note: The Journal entry from 5 July 1787 states that 'The honorable Mr Gerry reported from the Committee, to whom were referred the eighth resolution and part of the seventh resolution as had not already been decided on by the House, that the... Tuesday July 1787Committee: First Committee on Representation
Motion to Rise Tuesday July 1787Committee: First Committee on Representation
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Tuesday July 1787Committee: Second Committee on Representation
[Editors' note: On 9 July 1787, the Official Journal records that 'The honorable Mr G. Morris, from the Committee to whom was referred the first clause of the first proposition reported from the grand Committee, informed the House that the Committee... Saturday July 1787Committee: Second Committee on Representation
Proposition for the Second Committee on Representation Saturday July 1787Committee: Second Committee on Representation
[Editors' note: On 9 July 1787 the Official Journal records that 'The honorable Mr G. Morris, from the Committee to whom was referred the first clause of the first proposition reported from the grand Committee, informed the House that the Committee... Saturday July 1787Committee: Second Committee on Representation
Motion to Rise Saturday July 1787Committee: Second Committee on Representation
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Saturday July 1787Committee: Third Committee on Representation
[Editors' note: On 10 July 1787, the Official Journal records that 'The honorable Mr King from the grand Committee to whom was referred the first paragraph of the report of a Committee consisting of Mr G. Morris, Mr Gorham, Mr Randolph, Mr Rutledge,... Monday July 1787Committee: Third Committee on Representation
Proposition for the Third Committee on Representation Monday July 1787Committee: Third Committee on Representation
Amendment to Number of Representatives Monday July 1787Committee: Third Committee on Representation
Motion to Rise Monday July 1787Committee: Third Committee on Representation
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Monday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Given the weight of evidence, it appears that the Committee of Detail chose Rutledge as its Chairman. William Ewald comes to this conclusion in his paper 'The Committee of Detail' (Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 28, no. 197: 2012), for... Wednesday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
Motion to Rise Wednesday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Wednesday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Though no record remains of these events, the editors have represented these amendments as accepted.] Friday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Though no record remains of these events, the editors have represented these amendments as accepted.] Friday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Though no record remains of these events, the editors have represented these amendments as accepted.] Friday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
Motion to Rise Friday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Friday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document IV, there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts. Though, these initial... Sunday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document IV, there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts. These changes may have... Sunday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: The editors assume that the Committee agreed these changes, though there are no available records with which to confirm.] Sunday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: The editors assume that the Committee agreed these changes, though there are no available records with which to confirm.] Sunday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: The editors assume that the Committee agreed these changes, though there are no available records with which to confirm.] Sunday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
Motion to Rise Sunday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Sunday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document VI, there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts.] Monday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document VI, there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts.] Monday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: The editors assume that the Committee accepted the changes, though there is no available record with which to confirm.] Monday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
Motion to Rise Monday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Monday July 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Based on future drafts, the editors assume that the Committee agreed these changes.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Based on future drafts, the editors assume that the Committee agreed these changes.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: The editors assume that, having agreed to the changes, the Committee accepted the second part of the rough draft.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
Motion to Rise Wednesday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document IX there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document IX there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document IX there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Throughout Document IX there are a number of 'ticks' next to each clause, indicating that they were agreed to and, thereby, that the document was used as an aid in the composition of subsequent committee drafts.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: McHenry records in his notes that on Saturday, 4 August 1787, the Committee of Detail finished their manuscript draft of the Constitution and that the Report was in the hands of the Philadelphia printer John Dunlap: 'August 4th.... Friday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
Motion to Rise Friday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Having finished their report and agreed to refer it to the Convention, the Committee likely passed a formal motion to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
Motion to Rise Tuesday August 1787Committee: Committee of Detail
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Tuesday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
Proposals on State Militia Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
[Editors' note: The Journal records on 18 August that 'it was moved and seconded to refer the last two motions to a Committee' (Page 323, Vol. 2, Official Journal (Max Farrand, 1911)). Madison clarifies that it was 'the latter motion of Col. Mason, &... Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
Mason's Amendment for Power to Regulate One Tenth of the Militia Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
[Editors' note: The Journal records on 18 August that 'it was moved and seconded to refer the last two motions to a Committee' (Page 323, Vol. 2, Official Journal (Max Farrand, 1911)). Madison clarifies that it was 'the latter motion of Col. Mason, &... Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
CC Pinckney's Amendment for Power to Regulate the Militia Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
[Editors' note: The Journal records on 18 August that 'it was moved and seconded to refer the last two motions to a Committee' (Page 323, Vol. 2, Official Journal (Max Farrand, 1911)). Madison clarifies that it was 'the latter motion of Col. Mason, &... Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
Motion to Rise Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on State Debts and Militia
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation
Proposals for the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation Thursday August 1787Committee: Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation
[Editors' note: The editors assume that these changes were voted on and approved, as they were reported back to the Convention on 24 August 1787.] Thursday August 1787Committee: Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation
Report of the Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation Thursday August 1787Committee: Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation
[Editors' note: The Committee referred their report to the Convention.] Thursday August 1787Committee: Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation
Motion to Rise Thursday August 1787Committee: Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Thursday August 1787Committee: Committee on Commercial Discrimination
Propositions for the Committee on Commercial Discrimination Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on Commercial Discrimination
[Editors' note: The editors assume these amendments were accepted.] Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on Commercial Discrimination
Motion to Rise Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on Commercial Discrimination
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Monday August 1787Committee: Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy
[Editors' note: The Journal records Rutledge as delivering the Committee Report on 1 September 1787. As this role was usually undertaken by the chairman, the editors assume he was elected to this position by the Committee.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy
Propositions for the Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy
Motion to Rise Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Interstate Comity and Bankruptcy
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
First Report of the Committee on Postponed Matters Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
Article VI: Section 9 Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
[Editors' note: As this version of the section was reported to the Convention, it was evidently agreed, though no record of a vote appears to be extant.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
[Editors' note: As this version of the section was reported to the Convention, it was evidently agreed, though no record of a vote appears to be extant.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
[Editors' note: As this version of the section was reported to the Convention, it was evidently agreed, though no record of a vote appears to be extant.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
Motion to Rise Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
Mason's Propositions for the Committee on Postponed Matters Friday August 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
Motion to Rise Monday September 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Monday September 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
Motion to Rise Tuesday September 1787Committee: Committee on Postponed Matters
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Tuesday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
Motion to Rise Saturday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
[Editors' note: Johnson's dairy records that on 8 September he was 'in Conventn. Dind. Mifflins. Eveng. Comee' (Vol. 3, Appendix A (Max Farrand, 1911)). It is therefore likely that the committee met that evening to discuss how to proceed, examine the... Saturday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
Constitution Proposed by the Committee of Detail (Amended) Monday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
Farrand's Proceedings of Convention Referred to the Committee of Style and Arrangement Monday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
Motion to Rise Monday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
[Editors' note: There are no records of the deliberations and drafting process of the Committee of Style and Arrangement. As a result, the meeting times are based on the records of the Convention detailing the formation of the Committee and its... Monday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
Motion to Rise Tuesday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
[Editors' note: There are no records of the deliberations and drafting processes of the Committee of Style and Arrangement. As a result, the meeting times are based on the records of the Convention detailing the formation of the Committee and its... Tuesday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
Committee Amendments to Articles XXII and XXIII Wednesday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
[Editors' note: These changes were evidently accepted, as the Journal records the amended propositions as being proposed to the Convention.] Wednesday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
Motion to Rise Wednesday September 1787Committee: Committee of Style and Arrangement
[Editors' note: There are no records of the deliberations and drafting processes of the Committee of Style and Arrangement. As a result, the meeting times are based on the records of the Convention detailing the formation of the Committee and its... Wednesday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The motion to create a committee was then divided into two questions, one on appointing a committee, and the other on the committee consisting of a member from each state. These questions were decided upon separately. Because of this... Monday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: There is no record of any discussion or procedure surrounding the credentials, suggesting that they were accepted without objection.] Saturday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: It's clear this motion was agreed to as the committee proceed to consider the mode of electing the second branch.] Thursday June 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: The motion to reconsider the Sixth Resolution allowed the resolution to be amended again, after being adopted previously. Therefore, the Sixth Resolution must be adopted again, in order to appear in the amended Virginia Plan.] Friday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once the Convention decided on the final remaining resolution from the Committee of the Whole House, the original report was dropped from consideration.] Thursday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the convention proceeds to debate Ellsworth's amendment it can be assumed that this motion passed in the affirmative, despite no vote being recorded.] Saturday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Reconsider the Second Proposition of the Report of the Second Committee on Representation Tuesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Despite adopting the second proposition of the Report, the Convention proceeded to debate and amend the proposition. In order to replicate this process the editors have introduced a motion to reconsider the second proposition.] Tuesday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: After adopting the amended census clause, the Convention took the proposal into the propositions of the Second Committee on Representation.] Thursday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Read's amendment on representation is the last point at which the Convention amends the second proposition of the Report of the Second Committee on Representation individually from the rest of the report. In order for the second... Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
Report of the Second Committee on Representation Accepted Saturday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' notes: After the Convention finished amending Article VIII, the article was implicitly adopted back into the document.] Saturday August 1787Committee: Committee on Slave Trade and Navigation
[Editors' note: The Committee referred their instructions to the Convention.] Thursday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Once its instructions had been debated, the original document was dropped from the Convention's consideration.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Motion to Reconsider the Rules and Standing Orders of the Convention Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The forthcoming motion to rescind the order of the House respecting the hours of meeting and adjournment is effectively an amendment to strike out Rutledge's order to extend sessions of the Convention from the Rules and Standing Orders... Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: At this point in the session the Convention ceased considering changes to the rules of the Convention, so the editors have readopted the Rules and Standing Orders of the Convention document.] Wednesday August 1787Committee: The Convention
Motion to Reconsider Article V: Section 3 (Qualification of Senators) Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Madison notes that after Wilson's amendment to article V section 3 is rejected, there is a vote to agree to the original section. As article V section 3 had already been adopted on 9 August 1797, the editors have assumed there was an... Monday August 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Journal states that Madison's amendment was an amendment to Sherman's original motion. As Madison's proposal had been accepted, this event shows Sherman's original amendment as being accepted, though none of the sources provides a... Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
Hamilton's Second Amendment on Ratification of the Constitution Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Article 19 is implicitly re-adopted when Madison's amendment is adopted and the Convention proceeds to consider Articles 21 and 22.] Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: As the Convention had finished reconsidering and amending the fifth clause of the Seventh Proposition, the amendments which were not taken forward were effectively dropped.] Saturday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Sherman's amendment is never discussed further or voted upon, so the editors have dropped it from consideration.] Saturday September 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: Having finished amending the 9th resolution, it is implicitly adopted.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: The Convention never returns to Randolph's amendment so Article 22 is adopted back into the document.] Monday September 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: After Williamson's amendment to Article VI: Section 13 was adopted, the section was no longer under reconsideration, so the editors have adopted it back into the document.] Wednesday September 1787Committee: Committee on Sumptuary Legislation
Motion to Rise Thursday September 1787Committee: Committee on Sumptuary Legislation
[Editors' note: Standard practice at the Convention was for committees to end a session by voting to rise. Though there is no record of such a motion or vote, the editors assume that the Committee followed this practice.] Thursday September 1787Committee: Committee of the Whole House
[Editors' note: It is likely that there was not a separate vote on the whole clause and that, with the adoption of the Ineligibility Clause, the remaining clauses as amended were taken in to the working document.] Tuesday June 1787Committee: The Convention
Question on the Outcome of the Vote Friday July 1787Committee: The Convention
[Editors' note: Lansing's notes show that following the vote on the second clause of the First Proposition, 'a dispute arose whether it was carried in Affirmative – Some Debate on Subject' (Page 105, Lansing's Notes (Joseph Strayer, 1939)). Madison... Friday July 1787