The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
Article VII.
The Ratification of the Convention of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty-seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names.
Geo. Washington—
Presidt. and deputy from Virginia.
| New Hampshire. | John Langdon, |
| Nicholas Gilman. | |
| Massachusetts. | Nathaniel Gorham, |
| Rufus King. | |
| Connecticut. | Wm. Saml. Johnson, |
| Roger Sherman. | |
| New York. | Alexander Hamilton. |
| New Jersey. | Wil: Livingston, |
| Wm. Paterson, | |
| David Brearley, | |
| Jona. Dayton. | |
| Pennsylvania. | B. Franklin, |
| Robt. Morris, | |
| Tho: Fitzsimons, | |
| James Wilson, | |
| Thomas Mifflin, | |
| Geo: Clymer, | |
| Jared Ingersoll, | |
| Gouv: Morris. | |
| Delaware. | Geo: Read, |
| John Dickinson, | |
| Jaco: Broom, | |
| Gunning Bedford, Jr., | |
| Richard Bassett. | |
| Maryland. | James M’Henry, |
| Danl. Carroll, | |
| Dan: of St. Thos: Jenifer. | |
| Virginia. | John Blair, |
| James Madison, Jr. | |
| North Carolina. | Wm. Blount, |
| Hu. Williamson, | |
| Rich’d Dobbs Spaight. | |
| South Carolina. | J. Rutledge, |
| Charles Pinckney, | |
| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, | |
| Pierce Butler. | |
| Georgia. | William Few, |
| Abr. Baldwin. | |
| Attest: William Jackson, Secretary | |
Articles in Addition to, and Amendment of, the Constitution of the United States of America,
Proposed by Congress and Ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the Fifth Article of the Original Constitution.
Article I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.