American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

356 APPendIx B • ConSTITUTIon of The UnITed STATeS

Article VII. (Ratification)

The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall

be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution

between the States so ratifying the Same.

Nine states were required to ratify the Constitution.

Delaware was the first and New Hampshire the ninth.

Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the

States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the

Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty

seven and of the Independence of the United States of

America the Twelfth. In witness whereof we have here­

unto subscribed our Names,

Clause 3: Oath of Office. The Senators and Represen­

tatives before mentioned, and the Members of the sev­

eral State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial

Officers, both of the United States and of the several

States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to sup­

port this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be

required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust

under the United States.

Every federal and state official must take an oath of office

promising to support the U.S. Constitution. Religion may

not be used as a qualification to serve in any federal office.

Attest William Jackson Secretary

Geo. Read

Gunning Bedford jun

Delaware

{

John Dickinson

Richard Bassett

Jaco. Broom

James McHenry

MarylanD

{

Dan of St. Thos. Jenifer

Danl. Carroll

Virginia

{

John Blair

James Madison Jr.

Wm. Blount

north Carolina

{

Richd. Dobbs Spaight

Hu. Williamson

J. Rutledge

South Carolina

{

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Charles Pinckney

Pierce Butler

georgia

{

William Few

Abr. Baldwin

Go. WASHINGTON

Presid’t. and deputy from Virginia

new haMpShire

{

John Langdon

Nicholas Gilman

MaSSaChuSettS

{

Nathaniel Gorham

Rufus King

ConneCti Cut

{

Wm. Saml. Johnson

Roger Sherman

new york (^) { Alexander Hamilton
Wh. Livingston
new JerSey
{
David Brearley
Wm. Paterson
Jona. Dayton
B. Franklin
Thomas Mifflin
Robt. Morris
pennSylVania
{
Geo. Clymer
Thos. FitzSimons
Jared Ingersoll
James Wilson
Gouv. Morris
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