[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. Res. 168 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 168

     Expressing gratitude and sincere respect for Jesse R. Nichols.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2005

  Mr. Frist (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Baucus) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing gratitude and sincere respect for Jesse R. Nichols.

Whereas Jesse R. Nichols, Sr., faithfully served the United States Senate and 
        the Committee on Finance as the Government Documents Clerk and Librarian 
        from 1937 through 1971;
Whereas Jesse R. Nichols, Sr., was born on June 14, 1909, in Clarksdale, 
        Mississippi, and was the first African American Clerk employed by the 
        United States Senate;
Whereas he carried out his duties in exemplary fashion, bringing credit to the 
        Committee and to Congress;
Whereas Jesse Nichols worked effectively under the guidance of Democratic and 
        Republican Chairmen, including Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Walter F. 
        George of Georgia, Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia and Russell B. Long of 
        Louisiana from the Seventy-Fifth Congress through the Ninety-First 
        Congress; and
Whereas the Committee on Finance will long remember the commitment, service and 
        leadership of Jesse R. Nichols, Sr., as documented in an oral history 
        posted on the Senate Historian's website: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the United States Senate expresses its deep 
gratitude and sincere respect for Jesse R. Nichols for his unfailing 
service and his dedication to the United States Senate. The Senate 
hereby expresses condolences to the family due to the death of Jesse R. 
Nichols, Sr., on February 18, 2005.
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