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===U.S. Senate===

===U.S. Senate===

He succeeded Senator Nixon, who on January 20, 1953, became [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. From 1959 to 1969, Kuchel was the Senate Minority Whip in which capacity he was a floor manager of the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel: A Featured Biography">[https://www.cop.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_KuchelThomas.htm Thomas H. Kuchel: A Featured Biography]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref><ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate">[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/24/obituaries/thomas-h-kuchel-dies-at-84-ex-republican-whip-in-senate.html Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL.}}</ref> He also pushed for the ratification of the [[Twenty-Fourth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which ended poll taxes in federal elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s226|title=S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> He worked in 1967 to confirm his fellow [[liberal]], the [[African-American]] [[Thurgood Marshall]], a [[civil rights]] attorney, to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

He succeeded Senator Nixon, who on January 20, 1953, became [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. From 1959 to 1969, Kuchel was the Senate Minority Whip in which capacity he was a floor manager of the Civil Rights Act of 1960,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/s284|title=HR. 8601. PASSAGE OF AMENDED BILL.}}</ref> the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel: A Featured Biography">[https://www.cop.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_KuchelThomas.htm Thomas H. Kuchel: A Featured Biography]. ''United States Senate''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref><ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate">[https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/24/obituaries/thomas-h-kuchel-dies-at-84-ex-republican-whip-in-senate.html Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> He also pushed for the ratification of the [[Twenty-Fourth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]], which ended poll taxes in federal elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s226|title=S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref> He worked in 1967 to confirm his fellow [[liberal]], the [[African-American]] [[Thurgood Marshall]], a [[civil rights]] attorney, to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref>

Despite mostly being [[liberal]]-leaning,<ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel: A Featured Biography"/><ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate"/> Kuchel did not join the [[Moderate Republicans]] and Democrats who voted to censure [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> a [[Wisconsin]] Republican who investigated and exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the United States government.

Despite mostly being [[liberal]]-leaning,<ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel: A Featured Biography"/><ref name="Thomas H. Kuchel Dies at 84; Ex-Republican Whip in Senate"/> Kuchel did not join the [[Moderate Republicans]] and Democrats who voted to censure [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1954/s271 S. RES. 301. PASSAGE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved April 23, 2021.</ref> a [[Wisconsin]] Republican who investigated and exposed [[communist]] infiltration of the United States government.