| No. | Subject | Ratification |
| Proposed | Completed | Time span |
| 1st | Protects freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition the government. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 2nd | Protects the right to keep and bear arms. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 3rd | Restricts the quartering of soldiers in private homes. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 4th | Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for search warrants based on probable cause. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 5th | Sets rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 6th | Protects the right to a speedy public trial by jury, to notification of criminal accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 7th | Provides for the right to a jury trial in civil lawsuits. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 8th | Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 9th | States that rights not enumerated in the Constitution are retained by the people. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 10th | States that the federal government possesses only those powers delegated, or enumerated, to it through the Constitution, and that all other powers are reserved to the states, or to the people. | September 25, 1789 | December 15, 1791 | 2 years, 81 days |
| 11th | Immunizes states from suits brought by out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders; lays the foundation for state sovereign immunity. | March 4, 1794 | February 7, 1795 | 340 days |
| 12th | Establishes that the vice president is elected together with the president rather than as the runner-up in the presidential election. | December 9, 1803 | June 15, 1804 | 189 days |
| 13th | Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. | January 31, 1865 | December 6, 1865 | 309 days |
| 14th | Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post–Civil War issues. | June 13, 1866 | July 9, 1868 | 2 years, 26 days |
| 15th | Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude. | February 26, 1869 | February 3, 1870 | 342 days |
| 16th | Permits Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the various states or basing it on the United States Census. | July 12, 1909 | February 3, 1913 | 3 years, 206 days |
| 17th | Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote. | May 13, 1912 | April 8, 1913 | 330 days |
| 18th | Prohibits the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.(Repealed on December 5, 1933, by the 21st Amendment.) | December 18, 1917 | January 16, 1919 | 1 year, 29 days |
| 19th | Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex. | June 4, 1919 | August 18, 1920 | 1 year, 75 days |
| 20th | Changes the dates on which the terms of the president and vice president, and of members of Congress, begin and end, to January 20 and January 3 respectively. States that if the president-elect dies before taking office, the vice president–elect is to be inaugurated as president. | March 2, 1932 | January 23, 1933 | 327 days |
| 21st | Repeals the 18th Amendment and makes it a federal offense to transport or import intoxicating liquors into U.S. states and territories where prohibited by law. | February 20, 1933 | December 5, 1933 | 288 days |
| 22nd | Limits the number of times a person can be elected president. | March 21, 1947 | February 27, 1951 | 3 years, 343 days |
| 23rd | Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College. | June 16, 1960 | March 29, 1961 | 286 days |
| 24th | Prohibits the revocation of voting rights based upon failure to pay taxes. | September 14, 1962 | January 23, 1964 | 1 year, 131 days |
| 25th | Addresses succession to the presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president and responding to presidential disabilities. | July 6, 1965 | February 10, 1967 | 1 year, 219 days |
| 26th | Lowers the voting age to 18 years. | March 23, 1971 | July 1, 1971 | 100 days |
| 27th | Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. | September 25, 1789 | May 7, 1992 | 202 years, 223 days |
