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5 unusual facts about Third Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Misleading Widow

The setting of the film is in England as the Third Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the quartering of soldiers in a person's home without their consent.

Third Amendment to the United States Constitution

In the 1st United States Congress, following the state legislatures' request, James Madison proposed twenty constitutional amendments based on state bills of rights and English sources such as the Bill of Rights 1689; one of these was a prohibition against quartering troops in private homes.

Twenty-third Amendment

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, which allowed residents of the District of Columbia to vote in presidential elections

Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution

On August 22, 1978, Congress adopted the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment and sent it to the states for ratification.

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It had the support of both Republican President Eisenhower, national Democratic leaders, and later, both party's candidates in the 1960 election, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.