Notes on the Amendments to the US 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This sentence has been superseded by section 3 of amendment XX.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Repealed by section 1 of amendment XXI.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".


 

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