Bill Text: IA HR8 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Resolution 8 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the milestone achieved by the first African Americans to serve in the Iowa General Assembly, the Honorable Willie Stevenson Glanton and the Honorable James H. Jackson.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Resolution adopted. H.J. 311. [HR8 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HR8-Introduced.html

House Resolution 8 - Introduced

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                    HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
          BY  H. MILLER, ABDUL=SAMAD, BERRY, THEDE, KELLEY,
          LANDON, FISHER, VANDER LINDEN, JORGENSEN, WATTS,
         HAGENOW, DEYOE, SODERBERG, WORTHAN, MOORE, BYRNES,
       BALTIMORE, MEYER, MOMMSEN, HOLT, BROWN=POWERS, GAINES,
          SANDS, HUSEMAN, PETTENGILL, HEDDENS, FINKENAUER,
            STUTSMAN, WINCKLER, ISENHART, LYKAM, COHOON,
         DOLECHECK, McCONKEY, ANDERSON, GASSMAN, T. TAYLOR,
          HUNTER, JACOBY, NUNN, WESSEL=KROESCHELL, HANSON,
          OLSON, OLDSON, WOLFE, HALL, BEARINGER, KAUFMANN,
         WINDSCHITL, SEXTON, KLEIN, RUFF, RUNNING=MARQUARDT,
        STECKMAN, BACON, BAXTER, GUSTAFSON, FORBES, KRESSIG,
          DAWSON, ROGERS, COWNIE, OURTH, PAUSTIAN, DUNKEL,
          STAED, KEARNS, GASKILL, PRICHARD, SMITH, LENSING,
         BENNETT, MASCHER, SALMON, MAXWELL, L. MILLER, FRY,
         UPMEYER, FORRISTALL, HANUSA, JONES, PAULSEN, DRAKE,
          KOESTER, STANERSON, BRANHAGEN, RIZER, HEARTSILL,
        WILLS, GRASSLEY, SHEETS, R. TAYLOR, CARLSON, KOOIKER,
                  HEIN, HEATON, BEST, and HIGHFILL
  1  1 A Resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the
  1  2    milestone achieved by the first African Americans to
  1  3    serve in the Iowa General Assembly, the Honorable
  1  4    Willie Stevenson Glanton and the Honorable James H.
  1  5    Jackson.
  1  6    WHEREAS, in 1880, the Iowa Constitution was amended
  1  7 to allow African American men to serve in the Iowa
  1  8 General Assembly; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, in 1926, the Iowa Constitution was
  1 10 amended to allow women to serve in the Iowa General
  2  1 Assembly; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, in 1965, Willie Stevenson Glanton and James
  2  3 H. Jackson became the first African Americans to serve
  2  4 in the Iowa General Assembly as members of the Iowa
  2  5 House of Representatives during the 61st Iowa General
  2  6 Assembly; and
  2  7    WHEREAS, 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of this
  2  8 important milestone in the history of Iowa and the Iowa
  2  9 General Assembly; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, the House of Representatives should
  2 11 celebrate and inform all Iowans of the history of the
  2 12 Iowa General Assembly and its members, especially
  2 13 members who represent historic firsts and exemplify the
  2 14 ideal of the citizen legislator; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, both Willie Stevenson Glanton and James H.
  2 16 Jackson distinguished themselves during the 61st Iowa
  2 17 General Assembly, working on important legislation on
  2 18 civil rights and housing discrimination while serving
  2 19 on several committees, including appropriations and
  2 20 education; and
  2 21    WHEREAS, Willie Stevenson Glanton was a trailblazer
  2 22 throughout her career as she was the second African
  2 23 American woman to be admitted to the Iowa Bar, the
  2 24 first African American woman to become an assistant
  2 25 county attorney in Polk County, the first African
  2 26 American attorney in the Iowa office of the United
  2 27 States Small Business Administration, and the first
  2 28 African American member of the Des Moines City Council,
  2 29 all culminating in her induction into the Iowa Women's
  2 30 Hall of Fame; and
  3  1 WHEREAS, James H. Jackson, a native of Waterloo
  3  2 and graduate of the University of Northern Iowa,
  3  3 distinguished himself throughout his career in both the
  3  4 public and private sectors, teaching in the Waterloo
  3  5 public school district and later becoming a pioneer for
  3  6 other African Americans in corporate America, holding
  3  7 senior management positions with Pepsi=Cola Bottling
  3  8 Company, ITT, Citibank, and CIGNA; NOW THEREFORE,
  3  9    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That
  3 10 the House of Representatives honors and recognizes
  3 11 the important contributions both Willie Stevenson
  3 12 Glanton and James H. Jackson made to this state as the
  3 13 first African American members of the Iowa House of
  3 14 Representatives and as trailblazers and pioneers in
  3 15 both the public and private sectors throughout their
  3 16 careers.
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