[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 159 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 159

Honoring the New Hampshire State Senate for becoming the 1st statewide 
    legislative body with a majority of women in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2009

  Mr. Hodes (for himself and Ms. Shea-Porter) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Honoring the New Hampshire State Senate for becoming the 1st statewide 
    legislative body with a majority of women in the United States.

Whereas for over 200 years the citizens of the State of New Hampshire have 
        elected State Senators to serve in the legislature;
Whereas, from 1931 to 1933, E. Maude Ferguson served as the 1st female member of 
        the New Hampshire State Senate;
Whereas Vesta Roy served as the 1st female State Senate President, and in 1983 
        she became the 1st female Governor of the State of New Hampshire;
Whereas, in 1994, the Honorable Sylvia Larsen was elected to the New Hampshire 
        State Senate and has served 7 consecutive terms thus far;
Whereas, in 1996, the Honorable Terie Norelli was elected to the New Hampshire 
        House of Representatives and has served 6 consecutive terms thus far, 
        and in 2008 was re-elected to serve as Speaker of the New Hampshire 
        House of Representatives for a 2nd consecutive term;
Whereas, in 2008, the Honorable Sylvia Larsen was re-elected to serve as State 
        Senate President of New Hampshire for a 2nd consecutive term;
Whereas the Honorable Sharon Carson, Jacalyn Cilley, Martha Fuller Clark, Betsi 
        DeVries, Peggy Gilmour, Margaret Hassan, Molly Kelly, Sylvia Larsen, 
        Bette Lasky, Amanda Merrill, Deborah Reynolds, Sheila Roberge, and 
        Kathleen Sgambati comprise the majority female body of the New Hampshire 
        State Senate and were elected to office on November 4, 2008, and sworn 
        in on December 3, 2008;
Whereas the New Hampshire State Senate was comprised of 13 women and 11 men for 
        the legislative session beginning on December 3, 2008; and
Whereas the New Hampshire State Senate had 9 women chairing committees and 5 men 
        chairing committees for the legislative session beginning on December 3, 
        2008: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the New 
Hampshire State Senate for becoming the 1st statewide legislative body 
with a majority of women in the United States.
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