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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.

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27th Amendment "Congressional Pay" and it took 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days

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The Twenty-seventh Amendment took the longest to ratify at over 202 years. It was finally ratified and made part of the Constitution in 1992.

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The 27th amendment. 202 years 7 months and 2 days

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The 26th Amendment was ratified the quickest at just 3 months, 8 days. This amendment gave the right to vote to 18-year-olds.

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The Twenty-Seventh Amendment was proposed in 1789 and ratified in 1992, a total of 203 years.

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The 27th Amendment: Variance of Congressional Compensation.

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The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution took 202 years to ratify. The ratification was submitted in 1789 and was not put in place until 1992.

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Which amendment required the longest of time to ratify?

27th Amendment "Congressional Pay" and it took 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days


What amendment took 203 years to ratify and what does it do?

the Madison Amendment (Amendment 27, which bars a sitting Congress from raising its own compensation). The 27th Amendment took 203 years to ratify; it was deemed "sufficiently contemporaneous" by Congress and was added to the Constitution in 1992.


Longest period of time that has elapsed from an amendment was proposed until it became ratified?

202 years.........7 months............2 days it was the 27th amendment


Which amendement required the longest amount ratify?

The 27th amendment. 202 years 7 months and 2 days


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what is the time limit for states to ratify an amendment


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The only Southern state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment was?

Tennessee was the only Southern state to ratify the 14th amendment.


The first state to ratify the 13th Amendment to Constitution abolishing slavery?

Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment because they wanted Abraham Lincoln's home state to be the first to ratify they amendment.


Which was the only southern state to ratify the fourteenth amendment?

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What amendment to the constitution to 74003 days to ratify?

27th amendment


What is it called to approve an amendment?

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Did Nevada refuse to ratify the equal rights amendment?

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