- United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition) Summary Statistics
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United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition)
Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
Cite as: Lauren Davis, Nick Williford, Sebastian Bates, and, Elizabeth Green, Grace Penn, and Lusiana Castiglione (eds.), United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition), Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2021).
Summary View
A summary view for the full record of the convention
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Sources:
11 historical records used for this dataset.
Process:
11 committees met in 136 sessions. Average 12.363636363636363 sessions each.
Dates from Wednesday, 04 March 1789 to Monday, 28 September 1789.
People:
92 people in 11 voting delegations.
Top 5 most active people are:
- Elbridge Gerry (44 events)
- James Madison (40 events)
- Roger Sherman (32 events)
- Samuel Livermore (25 events)
- Thomas Tudor Tucker (25 events)
Summary of person events:
- 198
join a committee. -
leave a committee. - 65
elections to a position.
Procedures:
257 procedural motions considered.
Summary of procedural events:
- 257
procedural motion proposed. - 18
motions debated.
Documents:
50 documents considered with 477 amendments presented.
Summary of document events:
- 50
new documents created. - 32
documents passed from another committee. - 477
amendments to a document proposed. - 41
debates on a proposal.
Decisions:
552 number of decisions made.
Summary of decision made:
- 366
proposals adopted. - 101
proposals rejected. - 31
proposals referred to another committee. - 15
debate of a proposal postponed. - 34
proposal dropped from discussion without a formal vote. - 5
some other decision on a proposal.