“The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.” The 26th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress March 23, 1971 and ratified on July 1 of that year- the fastest ratification of any Constitutional Amendment. On July 5, 1971, President Richard Nixon held a Certification Ceremony with a group of newly-enfranchised 18-year old Americans. Check this out for a video of the Certification Ceremony, and for more on President Nixon and the 26th Amendment.
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“The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”

The 26th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress March 23, 1971 and ratified on July 1 of that year- the fastest ratification of any Constitutional Amendment. On July 5, 1971, President Richard Nixon held a Certification Ceremony with a group of newly-enfranchised 18-year old Americans.

Check this out for a video of the Certification Ceremony, and for more on President Nixon and the 26th Amendment.

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The election of 1868 marked the first election in which recently freed slaves were allowed to vote. Many of them voted for General Ulysses S. Grant, pictured here. Grant won the Republican presidential nomination, despite the fact that the only time he had ever voted for president was in 1856, when he voted for Democrat James Buchanan. Grant’s picture is attached to this metal star with adhesive, and it has two metal tabs on the back so it can be attached to clothing. -Presidential Memorabilia from the Truman Library
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The election of 1868 marked the first election in which recently freed slaves were allowed to vote. Many of them voted for General Ulysses S. Grant, pictured here.

Grant won the Republican presidential nomination, despite the fact that the only time he had ever voted for president was in 1856, when he voted for Democrat James Buchanan.

Grant’s picture is attached to this metal star with adhesive, and it has two metal tabs on the back so it can be attached to clothing.

-Presidential Memorabilia from the Truman Library

35th Anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Selma President Bill Clinton, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and Representative John Lewis join hands and they lead the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 1965 March.  March 5, 2000.
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35th Anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Selma

President Bill Clinton, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, and Representative John Lewis join hands and they lead the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 1965 March.  March 5, 2000.

Source: presidentialtimeline.org

Washington D.C. Residents Vote for President for the First Time on November 3, 1964 The District of Columbia was founded as the capital of the U.S. government in 1791.  As a federal district, D.C. residents did not have the right to vote in presidential elections and had no representation in the Electoral College for 173 years.  The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1961 and gave Washington D.C. representation in the Electoral College.  This effectively granted the people of D.C. the right to vote in a presidential election.  The first election that D.C. voters cast their ballots in was between incumbent President Johnson and challenger Barry Goldwater.  D.C. voters helped secure LBJ’s presidential win 47 years ago, today. Based on population, the District of Columbia now has 3 electoral votes.  LBJ’s 1964 Campaign
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Washington D.C. Residents Vote for President for the First Time on November 3, 1964

The District of Columbia was founded as the capital of the U.S. government in 1791.  As a federal district, D.C. residents did not have the right to vote in presidential elections and had no representation in the Electoral College for 173 years. 

The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1961 and gave Washington D.C. representation in the Electoral College.  This effectively granted the people of D.C. the right to vote in a presidential election. 

The first election that D.C. voters cast their ballots in was between incumbent President Johnson and challenger Barry Goldwater.  D.C. voters helped secure LBJ’s presidential win 47 years ago, today.

Based on population, the District of Columbia now has 3 electoral votes. 

LBJ’s 1964 Campaign

Source: presidentialtimeline.org