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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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.
The 26th Amendment was ratified the quickest at just 3 months, 8 days. This amendment gave the right to vote to 18-year-olds.
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment was proposed in 1789 and ratified in 1992, a total of 203 years.
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.
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.
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Before an amendment to the Constitution becomes law, a certain number of States must ratify it.
An amendment is an addition, deletion of modification of the contents of the U.S. Constitution. It can be ratified through a majority vote of two-thirds in both legislature houses, and by a constitutional convention.