I think we have a number of young people - like yourself - who want to make a difference. I'm not sure the numbers are as large because I think the burden of getting elected to public office at the national level has become astronomically expensive.

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.