List of constitutions of the United States

List of constitutions of the United States

The following is a list of the current constitutions of the United States of America and its constituent political divisions. Each entry shows the ordinal number of the current constitution, the official name of the current constitution, and the date on which the current constitution took effect.

Federal constitution

*2nd Constitution of the United States of America, 1789-03-04Despite its very different title, the United States Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, adopted on 1777-11-15, and ratified on 1781-03-01, was actually the first constitution of the United States of America.]

tate constitutions

*5th Constitution of the State of Alabama, 1901-11-28
*1st Constitution of the State of Alaska, 1959-01-03
*1st Constitution of the State of Arizona, 1912-02-14
*4th Constitution of the State of Arkansas, 1874-10-13
*2nd Constitution of the State of California, 1880-01-01
*1st Constitution of the State of Colorado, 1876-08-01
*2nd Constitution of the State of Connecticut, 1965-12-30
*4th Constitution of the State of Delaware, 1897-06-10
*5th Constitution of the State of Florida, 1969-01-07
*9th Constitution of the State of Georgia, 1983-07-01
*1st Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi, 1959-08-21Excludes the constitutions of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and the Republic of Hawaiʻi.]
*1st Constitution of the State of Idaho, 1890-07-03 (at Idaho#Law and government)
*4th Constitution of the State of Illinois, 1971-07-01
*2nd Constitution of the State of Indiana, 1851-11-01
*2nd Constitution of the State of Iowa, 1857-08-03 (at Iowa#Law and government)
*1st Constitution of the State of Kansas, 1861-01-29The Wyandotte Constitution supplanted the rejected Topeka Constitution, Lecompton Constitution, and Leavenworth Constitution.]
*4th Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1891-08-03
*9th Constitution of the State of Louisiana, 1975-01-01
*1st Constitution of the State of Maine, 1820-03-03Excludes the 1876 recodification of the Constitution of the State of Maine.]
*4th Constitution of the State of Maryland, 1867-10-05
*1st Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1780-10-25The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is currently the world's oldest written constitution that is still in effect.]
*4th Constitution of the State of Michigan, 1964-01-01
*1st Constitution of the State of Minnesota, 1858-05-11
*4th Constitution of the State of Mississippi, 1890-11-01
*4th Constitution of the State of Missouri, 1945-03-30 (at Law and Government of Missouri#State Government Organization)
*2nd Constitution of the State of Montana, 1973-07-01
*2nd Constitution of the State of Nebraska, 1875-11-01 (at Nebraska#Law and government)
*1st Constitution of the State of Nevada, 1864-10-31
*3rd Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, 1793-06-05The first Constitution of the State of New Hampshire, adopted on 1776-01-05, was the first written constitution for an independent state in the New World and set the stage for the United States Declaration of Independence the following summer.]
*3rd Constitution of the State of New Jersey, 1948-01-01
*1st Constitution of the State of New Mexico, 1912-01-06
*4th Constitution of the State of New York, 1895-01-01Excludes the 1938 recodification of the Constitution of the State of New York.]
*4th Constitution of the State of North Carolina, 1971-07-01
*1st Constitution of the State of North Dakota, 1889-11-02
*2nd Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1851-09-01
*1st Constitution of the State of Oklahoma, 1907-11-16
*1st Constitution of the State of Oregon, 1859-02-14
*4th Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1874-01-01Excludes the 1968 recodification of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.]
*2nd Constitution of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1843-05-02
*6th Constitution of the State of South Carolina, 1896-01-01
*1st Constitution of the State of South Dakota, 1889-11-02 (at Government of South Dakota)
*3rd Constitution of the State of Tennessee, 1870-03-26
*4th Constitution of the State of Texas, 1876-02-17Excludes the constitution of the Republic of Texas.]
*1st Constitution of the State of Utah, 1896-01-04
*1st Constitution of the State of Vermont, 1793-07-09Excludes the two constitutions of the Vermont Republic.]
*7th Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1971-01-01
*1st Constitution of the State of Washington, 1889-11-11
*2nd Constitution of the State of West Virginia, 1872-08-22
*1st Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-05-29
*1st Constitution of the State of Wyoming, 1890-07-10 (at Wyoming#Law and government)

Federal district charter

*1st Charter of the District of Columbia, 1973-12-24 (at District of Columbia Home Rule Act)

Territorial constitutions

*1st Constitution of the Territory of American Samoa, 1967-07-01 (at Politics of American Samoa)
*The Territory of Guam does not have its own constitution, but operates under the Guam Organic Act of 1950 and other federal statutes.
*1st Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1986-11-03
*1st Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1952-07-25
*The Territory of the United States Virgin Islands does not have its own constitution, but operates under various federal statutes. (at Politics of the United States Virgin Islands)

ee also

*Constitution
*Federal government of the United States
*State constitution (United States)
*United States of America
*United States territory
*U.S. state

References

External links

* [http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/constitution.phtml The Green Papers: Constitutions of the states]


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