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The Ones that Failed
These motions suggested additional amendments during debate in the Senate. They came from state ratifying conventions, as did most of the amendments proposed by James Madison in the House of Representatives. Motion C was proposed again by Congress in 1810, but wasn't ratified. It would have denied public office to anyone who accepted a "title of nobility" from a king.
Motion A proposing amendments that failed in the Senate, September 7, 1789, Records of the U.S. Senate |