[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 132 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 132

Affirming the support of 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 22, 2004

    Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Schumer, and Mrs. 
   Clinton) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
    referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Affirming the support of 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 the United States 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 the first Secretary of the Treasury and 
        established the first Bank of the United States to manage trade and 
        finance;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton's innovative mind created public credit, a 
        circulating medium, and the financial framework of the United States;
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 the revenue of the United States against contraband;
Whereas Alexander Hamilton exercised his vision for the United States 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 the first industrial centers of the United States: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress affirms its support 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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