Birch Evans Bayh Jr. lived from January 22, 1928 to March 14, 2019 and was an American politician from Indiana who served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1954 to 1962 and in the United States Senate for three terms from 1963 to 1981. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution he authored two constitutional amendments, the Twenty-fifth Amendment establishing procedures for presidential succession and disability, and the Twenty-sixth Amendment lowering the voting age to eighteen; he is the only person since James Madison, and the only non-Founding Father, to have authored more than one constitutional amendment. He also authored Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965, banning sexism in federally funded higher education, authored the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, and co-authored the Bayh-Dole Act on intellectual property from federally funded research. He voted for the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and led Senate opposition to two of Richard Nixon's Supreme Court nominees. He lost his bid for a fourth Senate term in 1980 to Dan Quayle.
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RoleUnited States Senator (Indiana); chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, author of the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Amendments 1 Nationality / JurisdictionUnited States; federal constitutional law, U.S. Senate 1 BirthplaceTerre Haute, Indiana, United States 1 Place of DeathEaston, Maryland, United States 1 Classification
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Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928-March 14, 2019) was an American politician from Indiana who served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives representing Vigo County, Indiana, from 1954 to 1962 and as a member of the United States Senate for three terms from 1963 to 1981.
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Shortly after entering the Senate, he became Chairman of the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and in that role authored two constitutional amendments: the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution-which establishes procedures for an orderly transition of power in the case of the death, disability, or resignation of the President of the United States-and the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which lowered the voting age to 18 throughout the United States.
Personal life section
Bayh died of pneumonia on March 14, 2019, in Easton, Maryland, at the age of 91.
Early life section, Youth and education
Bayh was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, the son of Leah Ward (née Hollingsworth), a teacher, and Birch Bayh, an intercollegiate coach and athletic director.
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Nixon publicly criticized Bayh and Senate opponents for overstepping their proper constitutional role, to which Bayh replied in a Senate floor speech by quoting from Article Two of the United States Constitution and calling the President "wrong as a matter of constitutional law, wrong as a matter of history and wrong as a matter of public policy".
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Which constitutional amendments did Birch Bayh write?
He authored the Twenty-fifth Amendment on presidential succession and drove the Twenty-sixth Amendment lowering the voting age to 18.
Bayh introduced the amendment that became the Twenty-fifth Amendment, ratified in 1967, which created a process for the transition of power in the case of death, disability, or resignation of the president and a method of selecting a vice president when a vacancy occurs. His subcommittee also quickly began hearings on the amendment that became the Twenty-sixth Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18, which passed through Congress within weeks of the 1971 Oregon v. Mitchell decision and was ratified by the states within months.
Why is Birch Bayh called the father of Title IX?
He authored and first introduced Title IX, which became law on June 23, 1972.
Bayh was Title IX's author, the first person to introduce it in Congress, and its chief Senate sponsor. On February 28, 1972 he introduced the equal education provision as an amendment to the Higher Education Act. Title IX became law on June 23, 1972, and is best known for expanding opportunities for female athletes.
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