Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
The lower chamber of the United States Congress
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The Committee of Enrolled Bills reports that the amendments were found to be truly enrolled
Membership (at session start):
Fisher Ames, Abraham Baldwin, Egbert Benson, Theodorick Bland, Elias Boudinot, John Brown, Aedanus Burke, Lambert Cadwalader, Daniel Carroll, George Clymer, Isaac Coles, Benjamin Contee, Thomas Fitzsimmons, William Floyd, Abiel Foster, George Gale, Elbridge Gerry, Nicholas Gilman, Benjamin Goodhue, Samuel Griffin, Jonathan Grout, Thomas Hartley, John Hathorn, Daniel Hiester, Daniel Huger, Benjamin Huntington, James Jackson, John Laurance, Richard Bland Lee, George Leonard, Samuel Livermore, James Madison, George Mathews, Andrew Moore, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, John Page, Josiah Parker, George Partridge, James Schureman, Thomas Scott, Theodore Sedgwick, Joshua Seney, Roger Sherman, Peter Silvester, Thomas Sinnickson, William Smith, William L. Smith, Michael Jenifer Stone, Jonathan Sturges, Thomas Sumter, George Thatcher, Jonathan Trumbull, Thomas Tudor Tucker, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, John Vining, Jeremiah Wadsworth, Alexander White, Henry Wynkoop (59 total)
Representing 11 delegations:
Connecticut Delegation, Delaware Delegation, Georgia Delegation, Maryland Delegation, Massachusetts Delegation, New Hampshire Delegation, New Jersey Delegation, New York Delegation , Pennsylvania Delegation, South Carolina Delegation, Virginia Delegation
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