The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
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.
The 22nd Amendment, which established term limits for the Presidency of the United States, passed with some bipartisan support.
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Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
