The 27th Amendment, it took 202 years, 7 months and 12 days for the 27th amendment to be ratified. It was initially submitted to state legislatures for ratification on September 25, 1789 and was completed on May 7, 1992.
The 15th amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870. This amendment did not fully guarantee the African-Americans to vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
It is the most recent amendment to the United States Constitution. It was submitted by Congress to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789.
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Three-quarters (at least 38 of 50) of the states must ratify an amendment before it can be added to the Constitution.There are two methods of amending the US Constitution outlined in Under Article V: If two-thirds of the state legislatures call for a convention (or apply to Congress to call a convention), they may propose an amendment that must be ratified by at least three-quarters of the states to be adopted. This method has been used only once, in 1787.The second, more common, means of amending the Constitution allows Congress to propose an amendment which must then pass a vote of two-thirds of the Senate and two-thirds of the House of Representatives, followed by ratification of at least three-quarters of the states.
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The Ninth Amendment became part of the Constitution on December 15, 1791 upon ratification by three-fourths of the states.
There have been NO amendments to the Declaration of Independence. Perhaps you are thinking of the 25th amendment to the Constitution? Constitutional amendments are not "signed"; they are passed by a 2/3 vote of the Congress and then ratified by 3/4 of the States. It is an interesting quirk in the law that the President of the United States has ABSOLUTELY NO authority to do anything about a Constitutional amendment; he can't sign it or veto it, and it isn't up to him at all. The 25th Amendment, regarding the Presidential succession, was ratified in 1967.
The Last amendment was added in 1992 which was the twenty-seventh amendment.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution address Congress member's salary. The Amendment was submitted on September 25, 1789 but wasn't ratified until May 1992.
Ratified 12/15/1791 Proposed 9/25/1789
The first ten Amendments were ratified December 15, 1791.
The 25th amendment is still in effect, and details the succession of power should the President become incapacitated.
Restricting marriage in all States to be between a man and a woman
It was passed by Congress on September 25, 1789. It was ratified on December 15, 1791.
Proposed 9/25/1789 Ratified 12/15/1791