Jennings Randolph

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Jennings Randolph was a long-serving U.S. Congressman and Senator from West Virginia known for championing the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States Representative ⓘ
United States Senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor expansion of voting rights ⓘ
youth suffrage ⓘ
areaOfActivity federal politics of the United States ⓘ
voting rights legislation ⓘ
continentOfActivity North America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
familyName Randolph ⓘ
givenName Jennings ⓘ
knownFor advocating to lower the voting age to 18 ⓘ
championing the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
notableAchievement helping secure ratification of the 26th Amendment ⓘ
occupation legislator ⓘ
politician ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia ⓘ
United States Senator from West Virginia ⓘ
represented constituents of West Virginia in the U.S. Congress ⓘ
residence West Virginia ⓘ
stateRepresented West Virginia ⓘ
supportedAmendment Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Jennings Randolph Lake → namedAfter → Jennings Randolph ⓘ
John D. Rockefeller IV → precededBy → Jennings Randolph (as U.S. Senator from West Virginia) ⓘ
linked to: Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph Dam → namedAfter → Jennings Randolph ⓘ