Ike calls for voting rights for 18-year-olds in State of Union address 60 years ago today (Jan 7 1954)

1950s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Excerpt from President Eisenhower's 1954 State of the Union Address'

(Thursday, January 7, 1954) — U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower called for voting rights for 18-year-olds and held out hope of future tax cuts in his State of the Union address before Congress today.