- The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives
The lower chamber of the United States Congress
United States Bill of Rights 1789 (2021 Edition)
Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
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Membership (59 members):
- Benjamin Huntington ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Roger Sherman ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Jonathan Sturges ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Jonathan Trumbull ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Jeremiah Wadsworth ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- John Vining ( Delaware Delegation ) Visualize
- Abraham Baldwin ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- James Jackson ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- George Mathews ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel Carroll ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin Contee ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- George Gale ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Joshua Seney ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- William Smith ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Michael Jenifer Stone ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Fisher Ames ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Elbridge Gerry ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin Goodhue ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Jonathan Grout ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- George Leonard ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- George Partridge ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Theodore Sedgwick ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- George Thatcher ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Abiel Foster ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- Nicholas Gilman ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel Livermore ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- Elias Boudinot ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Lambert Cadwalader ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- James Schureman ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Sinnickson ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Egbert Benson ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William Floyd ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John Hathorn ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John Laurance ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Peter Silvester ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Jeremiah Van Rensselaer ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- George Clymer ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Fitzsimmons ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Hartley ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel Hiester ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Scott ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry Wynkoop ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Aedanus Burke ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel Huger ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- William L. Smith ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Sumter ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Tudor Tucker ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Theodorick Bland ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- John Brown ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Isaac Coles ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel Griffin ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Richard Bland Lee ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- James Madison ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Andrew Moore ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- John Page ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Josiah Parker ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Alexander White ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
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Sessions (65)
First day of the Bill of Rights proceedings; congressmen join the chamber
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The House elects a speaker and a clerk
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Congressmen join the chamber
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The House considers the recommitted rules
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The Conference Rules Committee presents its report
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The House receives a letter from the Senate, regarding conference rules and electing chaplains
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The Committee of Elections presents a report
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The House amends the Rules and Standing Orders
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The House resolves to elect a Chaplain
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The consideration of amendments is scheduled for 25 May
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Virginia presents its address to Congress
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New York presents its address to Congress
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The House resolves to elect a Sergeant at Arms
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The Committee of Elections presents its report; the House elects a Sergeant at Arms
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The consideration of amendments is postponed until 8 June
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The House debates a motion to amend the Rules and Standing Orders
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Madison proposes amendments to the Constitution; several states submit forms of ratification
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The House resolves into the Committee of the Whole
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The Committee of Eleven is created; several states submit forms of ratification
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The Committee of Eleven delivers its report
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The Committee for Enrolled Bills is created
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The Committee of Eleven report is scheduled for discussion on 12 August
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The House resolves into the Committee of the Whole to consider the Committee of Eleven report
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The House resolves into the Committee of the Whole to consider the Committee of Eleven report
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The House resolves into the Committee of the Whole to consider the Committee of Eleven report
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The House resolves into the Committee of the Whole to consider the Committee of Eleven report
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The House resolves into the Committee of the Whole to consider the Committee of Eleven report
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The House resumes and begins consideration of the Committee of the Whole report
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The House considers the Committee of the Whole report
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Committee of Three is created
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The Committee of Three delivers its report
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Congressmen join the Committee of Enrolled Bills
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The House receives the Senate's report on amendments to the Constitution
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The amendments are sent to be printed for the use of the members
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The consideration of Senate amendments is postponed
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A Conference Committee is created to discuss the Senate amendments rejected by the House
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The Conference Committee delivers its report
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The House agrees to Senate amendments with a few minor changes and agrees to send copies of agreed amendments to the states
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Senate notifies House of agreement to Amendments
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The Committee of Enrolled Bills reports that the amendments were found to be truly enrolled
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