The 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution

The first ten amendments are collectively known as The Bill of Rights

1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition 1791

2. Right to bear arms 1791

3. Quartering of troop 1791

4. Search and seizure; Warrants 1791

5. Rights of accused persons 1791

6. Right to a speedy trial 1791

7. Jury trial in civil cases 1791

8. Bails, fines, and punishments 1791

9. Powers reserved to the people 1791

10. Powers reserved to the states 1791

11. Suits against states 1798

12. Election of president and vice-president 1804

13. Slavery abolished 1865

14. Rights of black citizens 1868

15. Right of black suffrage 1870

16. Graduated Income Tax 1913

17. Direct election of senators 1913

18. National prohibition 1919

19. Women’s suffrage 1920

20. “Lame Duck” 1933

21. Repeal of prohibition 1933

22. Two-term limit for presidents 1951

23. Presidential electors for District of Columbia 1961

24. Poll tax banned in national elections 1964

25. Presidential disability and succession 1967

26. Voting age lowered to 18 1971

27. Congressional pay raises restricted 1992


United States Presidents

1. George Washington 25. William McKinley

2. John Adams 26. Theodore Roosevelt

3. Thomas Jefferson 27. William H. Taft

4. James Madison 28. Woodrow Wilson

5. James Monroe 29. Warren G. Harding

6. John Quincy Adams 30. Calvin Coolidge

7. Andrew Jackson 31. Herbert C. Hoover

8. Martin Van Buren 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt

9. William Henry Harrison 33. Harry S. Truman

10. John Tyler 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower

11. James K. Polk 35. John F. Kennedy

12. Zachary Taylor 36. Lyndon B. Johnson

13. Millard Fillmore 37. Richard M. Nixon

14. Franklin Pierce 38. Gerald Ford

15. James Buchanan 39. James E. Carter

16. Abraham Lincoln 40. Ronald Reagan

17. Andrew Johnson 41. George Bush

18. (U.S.) Ulysses S. Grant 42. William J. Clinton

19. Rutherford B. Hayes 43. George W. Bush

20. James A. Garfield 44. Barack Hussein Obama

21. Chester A. Arthur

22. Grover Cleveland

23. Benjamin Harrison

24. Grover Cleveland