Former Sen. Birch Bayh, the first person since America’s Founding Fathers to write more than one constitutional amendment, has died at 91
Former Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana, an accomplished legislator who left his imprint on the U.S. Constitution and the world of sports, has died.During his three terms in the Senate, the Indiana Democrat was one of the main architects of the 25th and 26th amendments to the Constitution, as well as the unsuccessful Equal Rights Amendment.
Bayh was the father of Evan Bayh, who served as a governor of and senator from Indiana. "I have always admired my father’s selfless commitment to helping our state and nation," Evan Bayh said in his farewell speech to the Senate. "I am proud to follow in his footsteps in the Senate and to share his name."
"The first time Marvella and I ever met, over lunch," Bayh told writer Melissa Isaacson in 2005, "we each said we wanted to make a difference with our lives, and we believed a career in government could do that." Kennedy and Bayh were also paired by fate on the storm-soaked night of June 19, 1964. On a flight with his wife and Kennedy to the Massachusetts State Democratic Convention, their plane crashed into an orchard. The pilot and one other person died, but the Bayhs survived, and the Indiana senator was able to pull his injured colleague to safety.
The amendment would be invoked in 1973 when a successor was needed for Vice President Spiro Agnew, who resigned. It would also be cited in arguments over President Donald Trump's fitness for office. Sherrill added: "Bayh's ability to draw heavily from the conservatives in one fight and heavily from the liberals in another is no accident. He sharpens at every opportunity the politician's ideal ability to play both sides."In 1975, with his wife's cancer in remission, Bayh joined the wide-open Democratic field for the next presidential election. His campaign ended quickly, as he finished far behind Jimmy Carter in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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