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US Constitutional Amendments

The process of ratifying amendments to the US Constitution, including the role of the Secretary of State and state legislatures.

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Feb 7, 2026

What is the documentary evidence Secretary of State Knox used to proclaim the Sixteenth Amendment ratified on February 25, 1913?

’s February 25, 1913 proclamation that the had been ratified rested not on a single parchment but on ’s file of “official documents” — the ratification resolutions sent by — a record Knox explicitly c...

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