S*1387 Session 110 (1993-1994)
S*1387 Resolution, By Wilson, Bryan, Cork, Courson, Courtney, Drummond, Ford,
Giese, Gregory, Hayes, Holland, Land, Lander, Leatherman, Martin, McConnell,
Mescher, O'Dell, Peeler, L.E. Richter, M.T. Rose, Russell, Ryberg, J.V. Smith,
H.S. Stilwell, Thomas, Waldrep and M.B. Williams
A Senate Resolution expressing the sympathy of the members of the Senate to
the family and many friends of the late Richard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh
President of the United States.
04/26/94 Senate Introduced and adopted SJ-33
A SENATE RESOLUTION
EXPRESSING THE SYMPATHY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE TO THE FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS OF THE LATE
RICHARD M. NIXON, THIRTY-SEVENTH PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Whereas, the members of the Senate were saddened to note the
passing on April 22, 1994, of Richard M. Nixon of California, the
thirty-seventh President of the United States; and
Whereas, Mr. Nixon, a graduate of Whittier College and Duke
University Law School, and a World War II veteran of the United
States Navy, began his life in politics on his election to the United
States House of Representatives in 1946 and to the United States
Senate in 1950; and
Whereas, at the young age of thirty-nine, he was elected Vice-President of the United States, serving with distinction in that office
during the eight years of the Eisenhower administration; and
Whereas, he was a candidate for President in 1960, losing an
extremely close election to John F. Kennedy, after which in 1962 he
ran unsuccessfully for Governor of California; and
Whereas, Mr. Nixon then practiced law in New York, joining the
Mudge Rose Law Firm and continued to work in Republican politics,
once again becoming a candidate in 1968 when he was elected thirty-seventh President of the United States; and
Whereas, in 1972, he was re-elected in a forty-nine-state landslide,
warmly appreciated in South Carolina by achieving the highest
percentage of votes in South Carolina for President of the modern
two-party system era only to see the fruits of that great political
victory ruined by the Watergate affair, which ultimately forced his
resignation, and in his three races for President he received more votes
for President than any other person of the Twentieth Century; and
Whereas, the American people owe this extraordinarily complicated
man much for his skillful conduct of foreign and domestic policy,
including the orderly withdrawal from Vietnam, the opening to China,
the first strategic arms agreement with the Soviet Union, the
implementation of revenue sharing, the creation of the Environmental
Protection Agency, and other important domestic initiatives; and
Whereas, in the years after his resignation he devoted himself to
writing and maintained contact with foreign leaders, quietly providing
welcome advice on foreign policy matters to his presidential
successors; and
Whereas, it is appropriate for members of the Senate to pause in their
deliberations so that they might note the passing of so distinguished
an American whose career in politics spanned so many years, that
witnessed so much change, that endured much despair, and that
generated abundant hope. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the Senate express sympathy to the family and
many friends of the late Richard M. Nixon, thirty-seventh President of
the United States.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to his
daughters.
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