Explore the votes of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African-American man elected to the Senate
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Sen. Rand Paul's motion to hold that the Senate cannot try an impeached official who is no longer in office was defeated 55-45. Most legal scholars agree such a trial is permissible.
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
Map, visualize, and explore the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in October 2001