Senate Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-Sixth Amendment
10/19/1942
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Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg introduced Senate Joint Resolution 166 on October 19, 1942. This resolution would have amended the Constitution of the United States and extended the vote to citizens 18 years or older. A joint resolution is a formal opinion adopted by both houses of the legislative branch. A constitutional amendment must be passed as a joint resolution before it is sent to the states for ratification.
Although not ratified at the time, the proposal came up again, during the Vietnam War. The 26th Amendment, that lowered the voting age to 18, was ratified on July 1, 1971.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
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1633716Full Citation: Senate Joint Resolution 166 Proposing the 26th Amendment; 10/19/1942; Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, 1789 - 2002; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/proposing-twentysixth-amendment, May 2, 2024]