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Twenty-seventh
Amendment
Proposed
on September 25, 1789. Ratified on May 7, 1992.
No law,
varying the compensation for the services of the
Senators and Representatives, shall take effect,
until an election of Representatives shall have
intervened.
Order
of State Ratification
| Maryland |
Dec
19, 1789 |
North
Carolina |
Dec
22, 1789 |
| South
Carolina |
Jan
19, 1790 |
Delaware |
Jan
28, 1790 |
| Vermont |
Nov
3, 1791 |
Virginia |
Dec
15, 1791 |
| Ohio |
May
6, 1873 |
Wyoming |
Mar
6, 1978 |
| Maine |
Apr
27, 1983 |
Colorado |
Apr
22, 1984 |
| South
Dakota |
Feb
21, 1985 |
New
Hampshire |
Mar
7, 1985 |
| Arizona |
Apr
3, 1985 |
Tennessee |
May
23, 1985 |
| Oklahoma |
Jul
10, 1985 |
New
Mexico |
Feb
14, 1986 |
| Indiana |
Feb
24, 1986 |
Utah |
Feb
25, 1986 |
| Arkansas |
Mar
6, 1987 |
Montana |
Mar
17, 1987 |
| Connecticut |
May
13, 1987 |
Wisconsin |
Jul
15, 1987 |
| Georgia |
Feb
2, 1988 |
West
Virginia |
Mar
10, 1988 |
| Louisiana |
Jul
7, 1988 |
Iowa |
Feb
9, 1989 |
| Idaho |
Mar
23, 1989 |
Nevada |
Apr
26, 1989 |
| Alaska |
May
6, 1989 |
Oregon |
May
19, 1989 |
| Minnesota |
May
22, 1989 |
Texas |
May
25, 1989 |
| Kansas |
Apr
5, 1990 |
Florida |
May
31, 1990 |
| North
Dakota |
Mar
25, 1991 |
Alabama |
May
5, 1992 |
| Missouri |
May
5, 1992 |
Michigan |
May
7, 1992 |
| New
Jersey |
May
7, 1992 |
Illinois |
May
12, 1992 |
| Denotes
last state required for ratification. |
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References
and Articles |
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The
Story of the 27th Amendment
Analysis
of the 27th Amendment
Across
Two Centuries, a Founder Updates the Constitution
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