It was delivered March 15, 1965 before a joint session of Congress, and was part of the Johnson's efforts to persuade Congress to pass his Voting Rights Act.
For other uses, see Tonne (disambiguation) . The tonne (/tÊn/) (British and SI; SI symbol: t) or metric ton (in the United States) is a non-SI metric unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms; or one megagram (Mg); it is equivalent to approximately 2,204.6 pounds, 1.10 tons (US) or 0.984 tons (imperial).
The answer is 0.90718474. We assume you are converting between metric tonne and ton [short, US]. The SI base unit for mass is the kilogram. 1 kilogram is equal to 0.001 metric tonnes, or 0.00110231131092 tons. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between tonnes and tons.