By a vote of 96-3, Ford was easily confirmed. Click to learn who the three dissenting votes were.
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
Rep. Don Young has represented Alaska since 1973. Do you know who served before him?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting by protecting voting rights. It banned poll taxes and literacy tests and required states with historians of Jim Crow discrimination to seek advance clearance before changing and requiring states with histories of Jim Crow discrimination to obtain advance clearance to change laws governing voting.
After reports that the USS Maddox had been attacked by North Vietnamese naval vessels, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 422-1 to authorize military action in Vietnam. Eugene Siler was the loan 'Nay' vote.
