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Although the Twenty-sixth Amendment passed faster than any other constitutional amendment, about 17 states refused to pass measures to lower their minimum voting ages after Nixon signed the 1970 extension to the Voting Rights Act. [5] Opponents to extending the vote to youths questioned the maturity and responsibility of people at the age of 18.
Signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on June 22, 1970 Anticipating the expiration of the Act's special provisions in 1970, Congress held extensive hearings on whether the Act should be amended and its special provisions reauthorized.
Nixon's Republican Party managed to gain a net of twelve House of Representatives seats from the Democratic Party, although the Democrats retained a majority. This was the first election in which citizens at least 18 years of age (instead of 21 and older) could vote, due to the recent passage of the 26th Amendment.
This was the first election after the ratification of the 26th Amendment granted the right to vote to those aged 18–20. [2] Incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon won re-election, defeating Democratic Senator George McGovern from South Dakota. [3]
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
A bust of former U.S. President Richard Nixon is displayed in the corridor where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S ...
Winning a second term often gives presidents a lift. For example, after Richard Nixon was reelected in 1972, 67 percent approved of his performance. But Nixon’s honeymoon was short-lived. The ...
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was formally certified by U.S. President Richard Nixon, who signed the certification in a ceremony at the White House as the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18. [24]