The Bill of Rights, which comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, was drafted by James Madison. He proposed 19 amendments to Congress on June 8, 1789. After review, 12 amendments were approved by Congress on September 25, 1789, and sent to the states for ratification. Out of these, 10 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures on December 15, 1791, officially becoming the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was drafted in New York City where the federal government was operating out of Federal Hall in 1789. It was created to address the objections of Anti-Federalists who felt the original Constitution lacked a guarantee of individual rights.