[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 483 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 483

   Affirming the support of the Congress for preserving the image of 
Alexander Hamilton on the face of $10 Federal reserve notes because of 
  his standing as one of the United States' most influential founding 
                                fathers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2004

 Mr. Pascrell submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Affirming the support of the Congress for preserving the image of 
Alexander Hamilton on the face of $10 Federal reserve notes because of 
  his standing as one of the United States' most influential founding 
                                fathers.

Whereas Alexander Hamilton helped found and shape America by dedicating his life 
        to serve distinguished careers as an American revolutionary soldier and 
        statesman;
Whereas in 1772, Alexander Hamilton arrived in New York as a student from the 
        West Indian Island of Nevis;
Whereas in 1781, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton of the Continental Army 
        led a regiment of New York troops in the Battle of Yorktown, the 
        decisive and final major battle in the Revolutionary War;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton served as a strong voice in the Continental Congress 
        and as an influential force as a New York Delegate to the Constitutional 
        Convention of 1787;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton joined James Madison and John Jay to write a majority 
        of the Federalist Papers that urged the people of New York to ratify the 
        Constitution;
Whereas from 1789 to 1795, Alexander Hamilton served in President George 
        Washington's Administration as America's first Secretary of the Treasury 
        and established the first Bank of the United States to manage America's 
        trade and finance;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton's innovative mind created public credit, a 
        circulating medium, and America's financial framework;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton proposed the creation of the Revenue Marines, today 
        known as the Coast Guard, a branch of the military that Congress created 
        to secure American revenue against contraband;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton exercised his vision for America to establish a 
        strong domestic manufacturing base; and
Whereas Alexander Hamilton is known as the ``Father of Paterson'' for his 
        championing of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures (SUM), a 
        group that founded Paterson, New Jersey in 1791, and established it as 
        one of America's first industrial centers: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress affirms its support for preserving Alexander 
Hamilton's image on the face of $10 Federal reserve notes because of 
his standing as one of the United States' most influential founding 
fathers.
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