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The Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment

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All proposals of amendments to the Constitution of the United States under Article V have been made only by Congress and, with the exception of the Twentyfirst Amendment, the mode of ratification has been “by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states.” The Twenty-first Amendment alone was ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the states.The enrolled joint resolution proposing the Twenty-first Amendment was delivered on February 20, 1933, to Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. On February 21, he sent identic letters to the governors of the forty-eight states, enclosing with each letter a certified copy of the joint resolution, and requesting that the resolution be submitted to a state convention and that a certified copy of the action taken be communicated to the secretary of state.

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  • Brown, Everett S., 1935. "The Ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 29(6), pages 1005-1017, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:29:y:1935:i:06:p:1005-1017_03
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