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.
As Joe Biden is inaugurated as America's 46th President, browse his votes as a U.S. Senator
The Senate failed, barely, to secure a two-thirds majority in favor of convicting President Andrew Johnson
Explore current and historical political parties, map party control, and learn about polarization.
In 1866, the House voted 105-20 to try former Confederate President Jefferson Davis for treason -- the trial ultimately never occurred.
