page_title: Jacobus Swartwout
section_title: Ratification of the US Constitution and support for the Bill of Rights
hierarchical_section_title: Jacobus Swartwout / Ratification of the US Constitution and support for the Bill of Rights
caption_attribution_description: English: Swartwout ratification of US Constitution
context_page_description: Jacobus Swartwout was an early American landowner, statesman, and military leader. Swartwout served as a Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War under General George Washington. He was a close ally of many key Founding Fathers of the United States, and a delegate to New York State's convention for ratification of the US Constitution.
context_section_description: Swartwout was a delegate to the US Constitutional Convention on June 17, 1788, to decide whether New York State would approve the new Federal US Constitution.
  On the first vote for ratification, Swartwout voted in favor of ratification, with the Federalists, including Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and Robert R. Livingston. He later changed his vote on the last round to support the amendment of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution prior to ratification.  Eventually, the Convention also recommended amendments to the Constitution, and it unanimously approved a "Circular Letter" to the states urging the call of a second general convention to consider these amendments and those proposed by other states.
caption: Swartwout voting on US Constitution Ratification on June 17th 1788
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