When the 17th Amendment was submitted to the states for ratification Alaska and Hawaii had not yet been admitted as states. In for the proposed amendment to be ratified it would need the approval of the legislatures of 36 or the 48. On April 8, 1913, Connecticut became the 36th state to ratify the Constitution's 17th Amendment.
States ratifying the 17th amendment
1. Massachusetts (May 22, 1912)
2. Arizona (June 3, 1912);
3.Minnesota (June 10, 1912)
4.New York (January 15, 1913);
5.Kansas (January 17, 1913);
6.Oregon (January 23, 1913);
7.North Carolina (January 25, 1913)
8. California (January 28, 1913)
9. Michigan (January 28, 1913)
10. Iowa (January 30, 1913)
11. Montana (January 30, 1913
12.Idaho (January 31, 1913)
13. West Virginia (February 4, 1913)
14. Colorado (February 5, 1913)
15. Nevada (February 6, 1913)
16.Texas (February 7, 1913)
17. Washington (February 7, 1913)
18. Wyoming (February 8, 1913)
19. Arkansas (February 11, 1913)
20. Maine (February 11, 1913)
21. Illinois (February 13, 1913)
22. North Dakota (February 14, 1913)
23. Wisconsin (February 18, 1913)
24. Indiana (February 19, 1913)
25. New Hampshire (February 19, 1913)
26. Vermont (February 19, 1913)
27. South Dakota (February 19, 1913)
28.Oklahoma (February 24, 1913)
29. Ohio (February 25, 1913)
30. Missouri (March 7, 1913)
31. New Mexico (March 13, 1913)
32. Nebraska (March 14, 1913)
33. New Jersey (March 17, 1913)
34. Tennessee (April 1, 1913)
35. Pennsylvania (April 2, 1913)
36.Connecticut (April 8, 1913)
37. Louisiana ( June 11, 1914)
38. Alabama (April 11, 2002)39.
39. Delaware (July 1, 1910)40
40. Maryland (April 1, 2012)
41. Rhode Island (June 20, 2014)
So a total of 41 States have ratified the 17th Amendment and 7 states have not. States which have not ratified the 17th Amendment are as follows;
- Florida
- Georgia
- Mississippi
- Kentucky
- South Carolina
- Virginia
States which have not voted in Favor of the 17th Amendment
- Utah rejected it on February. 26th, 1913
- Delaware it rejected on March 18, 1913 but then changed their vote and ultimately ratified it on July 1, 1910
If just six States decided to change their vote to No, there would only be 35 states in favor of ratification - one less than the number required for the amendment to remain in effect. This would result in the Amendment being effectively cancelled. Since the 17th Amendment violates the provisions of Article V, which mandates that no state without their consent, can be denied their equal Suffrage in the Senate, the right of the States to be represented in the Senate has been violated. Therefore this Amendment should simply be considered Null and Void, Ab Initio, Ad Infinitum.
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