I think that's most unfortunate about our Democratic system, that you're confining it to people who are either very wealthy in their own right or have capacity to gain access to large amounts of money.

At age 34 Bayh was elected to the United States Senate in the 1962 midterm elections defeating 18-year incumbent Homer E. Zimny suffered fatal injuries. Faced with another constitutional crisis Bayh’s subcommittee quickly began hearings on an amendment to lower the voting age to 18.

Birch Evans Bayh Jr. He is the father of former Indiana Governor and former U. Senator Evan Bayh and Christopher Bayh a lawyer in Washington D.