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The official copy of the draft Constitution is engrossed by Jacob Shallus. [25] September 15 • The draft Constitution receives the unanimous approval of the state delegations. [26] Howard Chandler Christy's 1940 Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States September 17 • Constitution signed and convention adjourns
Snowfall has occurred further south in the United States only on the high mountains of the state of Hawaii. President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (aka “Tokyo Rose”). January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th president of the United States, and Walter F. Mondale is sworn in as the 42nd vice president.
The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world. [ 4 ] [ a ] The drafting of the Constitution , often referred to as its framing, was completed at the Constitutional Convention , which assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between May 25 and ...
The U.S. Constitution is seen as the oldest ongoing government charter in the world.It lays out the framework for the national government and its relationship with individual states, and was ...
The 95th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, during the final weeks of Gerald Ford 's presidency and the first two years ...
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
Only eight ratified copies of the United States Constitution exist — and one of them is set to be auctioned off in Asheville this month. Homeowners in Edenton, North Carolina, found the ...
Alexander Hamilton's copy of the first printed draft The Constitutional Convention 's printers, Dunlap & Claypoole, printed the drafts and final copies of the United States Constitution . John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole had printed for Congress since 1775, including the first copies of the Declaration of Independence [ 1 ] and Articles of ...