Nullifying the 17th Amendment

[Keith Broaders]

Nullifying the 17th Amendment

When the 17th Amendment was submitted to the states for their consideration there were 48 states and 36 state legislatures vote for its ratification.

The legislatures of Delaware and Utah voted to reject it and 10 other states took no action.

Currently there are 41 states that have ratified the 17th Amendment. 

• Louisiana – June 11, 1914
• Alabama – April 11, 2002
• Delaware – July 1, 2010 
• (After rejecting the amendment on March 18, 1913)
• Maryland – April 1, 2012
• Rhode Island – June 20, 2014

Utah, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia have never ratified the  17th Amendment and have a right to nullify the 17th Amendment in their state.

A provision in Article V guarantees that no state can be deprived of equal suffrage in the senate without their consent.  

There are currently 41 states that have ratified the 17th Amendment. .

Ratification of the 17th Amendment

1. Massachusetts – May 22, 1912
2. Arizona – June 3, 1912
3. Minnesota – June 10, 1912
4. New York – January 15, 1913
5. Kansas – January 17, 1913
6. Oregon – January 23, 1913
7. North Carolina – January 25, 1913
8. California – January 28, 1913
9. Michigan – January 28, 1913
10. Iowa – January 30, 1913
11. Montana – January 30, 1913
12. Idaho – January 31, 1913
13. West Virginia – February 4, 1913
14. Colorado – February 5, 1913
15. Nevada – February 6, 1913
16. Texas – February 7, 1913
17. Washington – February 7, 1913
18. Wyoming – February 8, 1913
19. Arkansas – February 11, 1913
20. Maine – February 11, 1913
21. Illinois – February 13, 1913
22. North Dakota – February 14, 1913
23. Wisconsin – February 18, 1913
24. Indiana – February 19, 1913
25. New Hampshire – February 19, 1913
26. Vermont – February 19, 1913
27. South Dakota – February 19, 1913
28. Oklahoma – February 24, 1913
29. Ohio – February 25, 1913
30. Missouri – March 7, 1913
31. New Mexico – March 13, 1913
32. Nebraska – March 14, 1913
33. New Jersey – March 17, 1913
34. Tennessee – April 1, 1913
35. Pennsylvania – April 2, 1913
36. Connecticut – April 8, 1913
    With 36 states having ratified the Seventeenth Amendment, it was certified by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan on May 31, 1913, as part of the Constitution. The amendment has subsequently been ratified by:
37. Louisiana – June 11, 1914
38. Alabama – April 11, 2002
39. Delaware – July 1, 2010 (After rejecting the amendment on March 18, 1913)
40. Maryland – April 1, 2012
41. Rhode Island – June 20, 2014

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