Proposal and Ratification
The twentieth amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the legislatures
of the several states by the Seventy-Second Congress, on the 2d day of March,
1932, and was declared, in a proclamation by the Secretary of State, dated on
the 6th day of February, 1933, to have been ratified by the legislatures of
36 of the 48 States. The dates of ratification were: Virginia, March 4, 1932;
New York, March 11, 1932; Mississippi, March 16, 1932; Arkansas, March 17, 1932;
Kentucky, March 17, 1932; New Jersey, March 21, 1932; South Carolina, March
25, 1932; Michigan, March 31, 1932; Maine, April 1, 1932; Rhode Island, April
14, 1932; Illinois, April 21, 1932; Louisiana, June 22, 1932; West Virginia,
July 30, 1932; Pennsylvania, August 11, 1932; Indiana, August 15, 1932; Texas,
September 7, 1932; Alabama, September 13, 1932; California, January 4, 1933;
North Carolina, January 5, 1933; North Dakota, January 9, 1933; Minnesota, January
12, 1933; Arizona, January 13, 1933; Montana, January 13, 1933; Nebraska, January
13, 1933; Oklahoma, January 13, 1933; Kansas, January 16, 1933; Oregon, January
16, 1933; Delaware, January 19, 1933; Washington, January 19, 1933; Wyoming,
January 19, 1933; Iowa, January 20, 1933; South Dakota, January 20, 1933; Tennessee,
January 20, 1933; Idaho, January 21, 1933; New Mexico, January 21, 1933; Georgia,
January 23, 1933; Missouri, January 23, 1933; Ohio, January 23, 1933; Utah,
January 23, 1933.
Ratification was completed on January 23, 1933.
The amendment was subsequently ratified by Massachusetts on January 24, 1933;
Wisconsin, January 24, 1933; Colorado, January 24, 1933; Nevada, January 26,
1933; Connecticut, January 27, 1933; New Hampshire, January 31, 1933; Vermont,
February 2, 1933; Maryland, March 24, 1933; Florida, April 26, 1933.