The 27 Amendments
Amendment / Ratified / Description
1st / 1791 / Rights to Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
2nd / 1791 / Right to Bear Arms
3rd / 1791 / Quartering of Soldiers
4th / 1791 / Search and Seizure
5th / 1791 / Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process
6th / 1791 / Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions: Rights to Jury Trial, to Confront Opposing Witnesses and to Counsel
7th / 1791 / Jury Trial
8th / 1791 / Protections against Excessive Bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
9th / 1791 / Non-Enumerated Rights
10th / 1791 / Rights Reserved to States
11th / 1795 / Suits Against a State
12th / 1804 / Election of President and Vice-President
13th / 1865 / Abolition of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
14th / 1868 / Protects rights against state infringements, defines citizenship, prohibits
states from interfering with privileges and immunities,
requires dueprocess and equal protection,
punishes states for denying vote, and disqualifies
Confederate officials and debts
15th / 1870 / Voting Rights
16th / 1913 / Federal Income Tax
17th /1913 / Popular Election of Senators
18th /1919 / Prohibition
19th /1920 / Women's Right to Vote
20th /1933 / Commencement of Presidential Term and Succession
21st / 1933 / Repeal of 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
22nd / 1951 / Two-Term Limitation on President
23rd / 1961 / District of Columbia Presidential Vote
24th / 1964 / Abolition of Poll Tax Requirement in Federal Elections
25th / 1967 / Presidential Vacancy, Disability and Inability
26th / 1971 / Right to Vote at Age 18
27th / 1992 / Congressional Compensation
1st / 1791 / Rights to Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
2nd / 1791 / Right to Bear Arms
3rd / 1791 / Quartering of Soldiers
4th / 1791 / Search and Seizure
5th / 1791 / Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process
6th / 1791 / Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions: Rights to Jury Trial, to Confront Opposing Witnesses and to Counsel
7th / 1791 / Jury Trial
8th / 1791 / Protections against Excessive Bail, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
9th / 1791 / Non-Enumerated Rights
10th / 1791 / Rights Reserved to States
11th / 1795 / Suits Against a State
12th / 1804 / Election of President and Vice-President
13th / 1865 / Abolition of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
14th / 1868 / Protects rights against state infringements, defines citizenship, prohibits
states from interfering with privileges and immunities,
requires dueprocess and equal protection,
punishes states for denying vote, and disqualifies
Confederate officials and debts
15th / 1870 / Voting Rights
16th / 1913 / Federal Income Tax
17th /1913 / Popular Election of Senators
18th /1919 / Prohibition
19th /1920 / Women's Right to Vote
20th /1933 / Commencement of Presidential Term and Succession
21st / 1933 / Repeal of 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
22nd / 1951 / Two-Term Limitation on President
23rd / 1961 / District of Columbia Presidential Vote
24th / 1964 / Abolition of Poll Tax Requirement in Federal Elections
25th / 1967 / Presidential Vacancy, Disability and Inability
26th / 1971 / Right to Vote at Age 18
27th / 1992 / Congressional Compensation