Notes on the Amendments to the
U.S. Constitution
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Note 1:
The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States (and two
others, one of which failed of ratification and the other which later
became the 27th amendment) were proposed to the legislatures of the
several States by the First Congress on September 25, 1789. The first ten
amendments were ratified by the following States, and the notifications of
ratification by the Governors thereof were successively communicated by
the President to Congress: New Jersey, November 20, 1789; Maryland,
December 19, 1789; North Carolina, December 22, 1789; South Carolina,
January 19, 1790; New Hampshire, January 25, 1790; Delaware, January 28,
1790; New York, February 24, 1790; Pennsylvania, March 10, 1790; Rhode
Island, June 7, 1790; Vermont, November 3, 1791; and Virginia, December
15, 1791. Ratification was completed on December 15, 1791. The amendments
were subsequently ratified by the legislatures of Massachusetts, March 2,
1939; Georgia, March 18, 1939; and Connecticut, April 19, 1939.
Note 2:
Only the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th articles of amendment had numbers
assigned to them at the time of ratification.
Note 3:
This sentence has been superseded by
section 3 of
amendment XX.
Note 4:
See
amendment XIX and
section 1 of
amendment XXVI.
Note 5:
Repealed by
section 1 of
amendment XXI.
Note 6:
So in original. Probably should be "departments."