September 25th, 1789

The U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment, the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights. Only the Bill of Rights were ratified at the time, while the other two were proposed by James Madison but not ratifiedied in In 1992, the Congressional Compensation Amendment was ratified as the 27th amendment to the Constitution. event on September 25, 1789.

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Events around September 25, 1789

September 26th, 1789EventThomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.

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