The Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment 91-9, but an insufficient number of state legislatures subsequently ratified it.
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As Joe Biden is inaugurated as America's 46th President, browse his votes as a U.S. Senator
The 22nd Amendment, which established term limits for the Presidency of the United States, passed with some bipartisan support.
Robert Smalls, born enslaved in South Carolina, stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union troops. After the Civil War, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina legislature and later to the U.S. Congress where he served 5 terms during and after Reconstruction.
