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Jennings Randolph
A democrat from West Virginia Introduced a bill to lower the age to vote. This was the first of the 11 times he proposed such a bill. -
Georgia lowers voting age
Georgia lower there voting age to 18 due to the public interest in state election. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
First president to publically voice the support of the 26th amendment in 1945 -
Ted Kennedy
Ted proposed amending the "Voting Rights of 1965" to lower the voting age nationally. -
Oregon vs Mitchell
Oregon and Texas did not approve of the new amendment and challenged the law in front of the supreme court. They wanted it so they still got to chose the state and local age limit of age. -
Richard Nixon
Nixon signed an extension that made it so all voting ages in national, state, and local governments were 18 years of age. -
passage by congress
Congress voted 94-0 for the 26th amendment to guarantee that the minimum voting age could not be higher than 18. -
passage threw house of representatives.
The house of representatives votes 401-19 in favor of the proposed amendment and the amendment was passed. -
3/4 of States Ratify the Amendment
The final state needed to ratify the amendment was the thirty-eighth state, North Carolina. -
Adoption of the 26th Amendment
The Administration of General Services certifies its adoption.
