Bill 3656

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       3656
Type of Legislation:               Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                  House
Introduced Date:                   19970313
Primary Sponsor:                   T. Brown
All Sponsors:                      T. Brown, Kennedy and Harvin
                                   
Drafted Document Number:           bbm\9249cm.97
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Invitations and Memorial
                                   Resolutions Committee 24 HIMR
Subject:                           The Honorable Benjamin J.
                                   Gordon, Jr., Resolutions

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
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House   19970313  Introduced, referred to Committee        24 HIMR

COMMENDING THE HONORABLE BENJAMIN J. GORDON, JR. OF WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY FOR HIS MORE THAN SEVENTEEN YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CONGRATULATING HIM ON THE VINDICATION OF HIS GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION ESTABLISHED DURING THAT SERVICE.

Whereas, our esteemed colleague and friend, Benjamin J. Gordon, Jr. was a member of the House of Representatives for more than seventeen years representing district 101 in Williamsburg County; and

Whereas, former Representative Gordon, a minister, sales counselor, and licensed auctioneer, was born in Kingstree, South Carolina, earned a B.A. degree from Clafin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina in 1954, and an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Friendship College; and

Whereas, he is married to the former Susie Mae Johnson and has one daughter; and

Whereas, although he left the House of Representatives to defend himself of charges lodged during the "Lost Trust" sting operation, his good name and reputation were restored by Federal District Court Judge Falcon Hawkins whose February 28, 1997, order dismissed all charges brought against him. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly commend the Honorable Benjamin J. Gordon, Jr. of Williamsburg County, our respected friend and former colleague, for more than seventeen years of outstanding legislative service to the people of South Carolina and congratulating him on the vindication of his good name and reputation established during that service.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable Benjamin J. Gordon, Jr.