[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
[104th Congress]
[House Document 103-342]
[The United States Constitution]
[Pages 82-84]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
ARTICLE VII.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the
Sec. 207. Ratification of the Constitution. |
The Ratification
of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the
Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the
Same.
|
Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United
States of America the Twelfth In Witness whereof We have hereunto
subscribed our Names,
Go WASHINGTON--Presidt.
and Deputy from Virginia.
[Signed also by the deputies of twelve States.]
New Hampshire.
Massachusetts.
Connecticut.
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New York.
New Jersey.
Pennsylvania.
Delaware.
Maryland.
Virginia.
North Carolina.
South Carolina.
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Georgia.
articles in addition to, and amendment of, the constitution of the
united states of america, proposed by congress, and ratified by the
several states pursuant to the fifth article of the original
constitutiona
a The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States
were proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the First
Congress on September 25, 1789 (this date and the date succeeding
amendments were proposed is the date of final Congressional action--
signature by the presiding officer of the Senate--as is shown in the
Senate Journals). They were ratified by the following States, on the
dates shown, and the notifications by the governors thereof of
ratification were 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 27, 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 Massachusetts, March 2, 1939; Georgia, March 18, 1939; and
Connecticut, April 19, 1939.