the state legislatures
it was ratified in 1992, the last state to ratify would be Ohio, Ohio would wait 85 years to ratify it.
The only constitutional amendment ratified by approval of conventions in three-fourths of the states is the 21st Amendment. Ratified in 1933, it repealed the 18th Amendment, which had established Prohibition in the United States. The 21st Amendment was unique in that it was the first and only amendment to be ratified by state conventions rather than by state legislatures.
the Bill of Rights is ratified.
27 have been ratified
The constitutional convention occurred second.
An amendment to the constitution can be ratified by either a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of state legislatures.
1781
The constitutional convention occurred second.
All Constitutional amendments to date have been ratified after approval by two-thirds of the House and Senate, as well as affirmation by three-fourths of the states. Another, unused, method involves two-thirds of state legislatures calling a Constitutional Convention, with three-fourths of the states approving the amendment.
The twentieth amendment was ratified in 1933.
The Constitution was ratified by the required ninth state on June 21, 1788 with the new government scheduled to take office by March 4, 1789.The Constitution of the United States was adopted by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787 and sent out to the states to be ratified.