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In 1929 Wisconsin presented a list of states having made applications for a convention exceeding the two-thirds requirement that was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, with no further action. In 2013 states began listing existing state applications when joining them.
As early as the 1930s, state lawmakers enacted laws to prepare for the possibility of Congress specifying the convention method of ratification. Many laws refer to a one-off event, with an ad-hoc convention convened solely for the purposes of the 21st Amendment. Other laws, however, provided guidelines for ratifying conventions in general.
A convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also referred to as an Article V Convention, state convention, [1] or amendatory convention is one of two methods authorized by Article Five of the United States Constitution whereby amendments to the United States Constitution may be proposed: on the Application of two thirds of the State legislatures (that is, 34 of the 50 ...
Of the 33 amendments submitted to the states for ratification, the state convention method has been used for only one, the Twenty-first Amendment. [6] In United States v. Sprague (1931), the Supreme Court affirmed the authority of Congress to decide which mode of ratification will be used for each individual constitutional amendment. [ 14 ]
This list of delegates reports the men who made up the convention, and the counties or towns they represented. George Plater served as president of the convention, and Wiliam Harwood served as secretary. [1] On April 28, 1788, the convention ratified the Constitution of the United States, in a vote of 63 in favor and 11 opposed. [2]
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Baptist Convention of Iowa: Kansas: Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists: Nebraska: Kentucky: Kentucky Baptist Convention: Louisiana: Louisiana Baptist Convention: Maryland: Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware: Delaware: Michigan: Baptist State Convention of Michigan: Minnesota: Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention: Wisconsin ...
The list below shows the location of the party convention, along with the winner of the election. Bold font indicates that party won the presidential election. If the party won the state where the convention was held — but not necessarily that city itself — the box is shaded.