The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
Accompanying President Roosevelt's New Deal, Congressman Walcott proposed the Federal Government establish home loan banks. The measure narrowly passed the Senate.
As part of the New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Social Security pension system for retired Americans.
In 1866, the House voted 105-20 to try former Confederate President Jefferson Davis for treason -- the trial ultimately never occurred.
The Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment 91-9, but an insufficient number of state legislatures subsequently ratified it.
