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Nixon, Richard M.
Representative Barbara Jordan of Texas
February 21, 1936
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas was born on this date. After service as the first black woman in the Texas state senate, Jordan set her sights on a Houston-based U.S. House seat in 1972.
The 1946 House elections
November 05, 1946
Riding widespread discontent with the postwar economic policies of the Harry Truman administration, Republicans on this date recaptured majority control of the House from Democrats for the first time in 15 years.
The 1948 Alger Hiss–Whittaker Chambers hearing before HUAC
August 25, 1948
On this date, former State Department official Alger Hiss, and Whittaker Chambers, a former communist spy and magazine editor, faced each other in a public hearing before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC).
Crime Control Act of 1970
October 15, 1970
On this date, President Richard M. Nixon signed the Crime Control Act of 1970 (also known as the Organized Crime Act), a measure aimed at the mafia and other crime syndicates.
The 26th Amendment
July 01, 1971
The 26th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on this date.
A 1973 protest by House Freshmen
April 18, 1973
On this date, freshman Members of the Democratic Caucus gained control of the House Floor for roughly four hours.
Vice President Spiro Agnew’s impeachment request
September 26, 1973
On this date, Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma denied Vice President Spiro Agnew’s request to commence an impeachment investigation into charges that he had received bribes from construction companies while serving as Governor of Maryland and as Vice President.
The War Powers Resolution
October 24, 1973
Labeling the bill “unconstitutional and dangerous,” President Richard M. Nixon vetoed the War Powers Resolution on this date.
The Freedom of Information Act
November 21, 1974
On this date, the House overwhelmingly overrode President Gerald R. Ford’s veto of an expansion of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 371 to 31.