Nebraska says yes to 18-year-olds voting
Nebraska ratified the proposed 26th amendment to the Constitution on April 5, 1971. Congress had passed the proposal on March 23, 1971. The proposal stated that...
Old enough to vote?
Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg introduced Senate Joint Resolution 166 on October 19, 1942. This resolution would have amended the Constitution of the United...
Opposing the 19th Amendment
In this December 11, 1917, memorial to U.S. House of Representatives member Charles E. Fuller, Alice H. Wadsworth, President of the National Association Opposed to...
“Our poor, neglected and battered Constitution”
George M. Montross of Detroit wrote to Congressman Emanuel Celler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in opposition to granting the vote to 18-year-olds. He...
Postcard from Wallace Ellis to Hon. Homer P. Snyder regarding woman suffrage
Wallace Ellis sent this postcard opposing the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution to New York Congressman Homer P. Snyder. The amendment would grant...
Prohibition agents breaking up the bar
After the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages became illegal in the United...
Ratification Document for the 26th amendment from Illinois
In 1954 and 1968 Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson, respectively, championed the cause of an amendment to the Constitution lowering the voting age...