Titles of Nobility Amendment - Reaction in The State Legislatures

Reaction in The State Legislatures

This amendment was ratified by 12 state legislatures:

  1. Maryland (December 25, 1810)
  2. Kentucky (January 31, 1811)
  3. Ohio (January 31, 1811)
  4. Delaware (February 2, 1811)
  5. Pennsylvania (February 6, 1811)
  6. New Jersey (February 13, 1811)
  7. Vermont (October 24, 1811)
  8. Tennessee (November 21, 1811)
  9. North Carolina (December 23, 1811)
  10. Georgia (December 31, 1811)
  11. Massachusetts (February 27, 1812)
  12. New Hampshire (December 9, 1812)

The amendment was rejected by three state legislatures:

  1. New York (March 12, 1812)
  2. Connecticut (May 13, 1813)
  3. Rhode Island (September 15, 1814)

South Carolina's Senate voted to ratify the amendment on November 28, 1811, but its House of Representatives rejected the amendment three years later on December 21, 1814. Although Virginia has long maintained that there are no surviving records indicating any action having been taken relative to officially ratifying or rejecting the amendment, state legislative records indicate that the Virginia House of Delegates approved the amendment on February 2, 1811, but the Virginia Senate rejected the amendment on February 14, 1811.

Per Coleman v. Miller, 307 U.S. 433 (1939), the amendment is technically still subject to being approved by the nation's state lawmakers, as no deadline for ratification was specified when Congress proposed the amendment for the consideration of the states. As there are now 50 states, the legislatures of at least 26 more states (38 in total) would have to ratify the amendment in order for it to become part of the Constitution.

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