26th Amendment
Object Details
- date made
- 1971
- associated date
- July 5, 1971
- Description
- A Certificate of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States which Extends the Right to Vote to Citizens Eighteen Years of Age or Older. The Amendment was signed into law on July 5, 1971 by President Nixon. The amendment extended the right to vote to some 11 million citizens.
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia
- associated place
- United States: District of Columbia
- general subject association
- History, Reform Movements, Voting Rights
- Constitution
- Voting Rights
- Voting
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Womens History/Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Princeton Posters
- Credit Line
- National Archives
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- ZZ.RSN81766Y70
- Object Name
- Sheet of Paper
- certificate
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 10 in; 38.1 cm x 25.4 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_503287