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Deleware was the first state to ratify the U.S Constitution. The official
date of their ratification was on December 7, 1787. Richard Bassett was one of the four delegates of Deleware who signed the constitution. The other delegates were Gunning Bedford, Jacob Broom, John Dickinson and George Read.
Richard Bassett was born in Cecil County, Maryland in 1745. Richard played an important role in the improvement in central government, he was the leader in the fight for the ratification of the U.S constitution. It was said that he was one of a few delegates that attended every meeting about Constitutional Convention but with no records to show for it.
Gunning Bedford was born in Philadelphia in year in 1747. He was very outspoken in the Philadelphia convention but he was very concerned of the welfare of the little states. He feared that theses states would seek protection from foreign alliances. He supported the plan that insisted on drafting a new constitution. In his later years......

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