Randolph, Jennings

Randolph, Jennings
▪ 1999

      American politician who served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and 26 in the Senate and was the author of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave 18-year-olds the right to vote (b. March 8, 1902, Salem, W.Va.—d. May 8, 1998, St. Louis, Mo.).

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