THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, BROWN, PAYTON, McGEEHAN, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, P. COSTA, DALEY, DePASQUALE, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HARRIS, HELM, HESS, HORNAMAN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, McCALL, MELIO, MILLARD, MUNDY, PALLONE, PARKER, PRESTON, READSHAW, REED, ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SHAPIRO, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STURLA, THOMAS, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND SIPTROTH, FEBRUARY 10, 2009

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 10, 2009  

A RESOLUTION

Honoring President Barack Obama, the first African-American

President of the United States.

WHEREAS, The Honorable Barack Obama of Illinois was elected

the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008,

with 365 electoral votes; and

WHEREAS, Barack Obama is the first person to be elected

President of the United States with African descent; and

WHEREAS, With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas,

President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was

raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Patton's

Army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the

secretarial pool to middle management at a bank; and

WHEREAS, After working his way through college with the help

of scholarships and student loans, President Obama moved to

Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help

rebuild communities; and

WHEREAS, He went to Harvard Law School, where he became the

first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon

graduation, he returned to Chicago to teach constitutional law

at the University of Chicago, and remained active in his

community; and

WHEREAS, The junior senator from the State of Illinois

announced his candidacy for President almost two years ago,

beginning his historic, barrier-busting bid for the nation's

highest office; and

WHEREAS, Forty-five years after Dr. Martin Luther King

delivered his historic "I have a dream" speech, millions of

United States citizens gathered on the National Mall on January

20, 2009, and watched on television to witness the historic

Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack

Obama, the first African-American President of the United

States; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the American people be commended for uniting

to form a more perfect union in this historic election; and be

it further

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor President

Barack Obama as the first African-American President of the

United States.