[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 187 (Wednesday, November 28, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   RECOGNIZING LIEUTENANT TOM MORGAN

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, at the remarkable age of 98, 
Lieutenant Tom Morgan is retiring as the oldest active lawman in the 
State of Texas and probably the United States. Tom patrols the rivers, 
bayous, and lakes of Harris County, Texas for the Sheriff's Office.
  Tom first volunteered to serve America in 1942 as a marine in World 
War II. He was in combat and landed on the brutal, bloody beaches of 
Guadalcanal, Okinawa, and Saipan in the South Pacific.
  After getting malaria and after 4 years of war, Tom was reactivated 
for combat in the Korean war. After those wars, Tom became a pipeline 
engineer in Houston for 30 years.
  Then, at the age of 72, he was hired by the sheriff's department and 
became the oldest cadet ever to graduate from the academy. For 26 
years, he has put on the badge and the gun to protect and serve the 
people of Texas.
  Houston salutes this marine, engineer, and 98-year-old lawman as a 
person who is a cut above the rest of us.
  Happy trails, Lieutenant Tom Morgan.
  And that is just the way it is.

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