Trivia: Which two states were last to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
Georgia and Maine
Delaware and Maryland
North Carolina and Rhode Island
South Carolina and New York
The correct answer is North Carolina and Rhode Island
So why is this answer correct? : George Washington had already been inaugurated as the first President when the last two of the 13 original states ratified the U.S. Constitution. Only nine states were necessary to ratify the Constitution, so it officially became law on June 21, 1788, when New Hampshire voted to ratify. Virginia ratified the following June, New York followed suit in July, and North Carolina ratified in November 1789. Rhode Island narrowly voted to ratify on May 29, 1790.