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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 19 

Honoring President Gerald Rudolph Ford. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

AKAKA, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mr. 

BENNETT, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. 

BROWN, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURR, Mr. BYRD, Ms. 

CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. 

CLINTON, Mr. COBURN, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. 

CONRAD, Mr. CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. 

DEMINT, Mr. DODD, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. 

HATCH, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. 

JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. KOHL, Mr. 

KYL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCCAIN, 

Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MURKOWSKI, 

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. 

OBAMA, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. REED, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. 

SALAZAR, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. 

SMITH, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. 

TESTER, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THUNE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. 

WARNER, Mr. WEBB, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the 

following resolution; which was ordered held at the desk 

JANUARY 8, 2007 

Considered and agreed to without amendment and with a modified preamble 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring President Gerald Rudolph Ford. 


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Whereas Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the 

United States, was born on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, 

Nebraska; 

Whereas Gerald Ford was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 

where he was active in the Boy Scouts, achieving the 

Eagle Scout rank, and where he excelled as both a student and an athlete during high school; 

Whereas after graduating from high school, Gerald Ford attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where 

he played on the university’s national championship football teams in 1932 and 1933, and was honored as the 

team’s most valuable player in 1934, before graduating 

with a B.A. degree in 1935; 

Whereas Gerald Ford later attended Yale Law School and 

earned an LL.B. degree in 1941, after which he began 

to practice law in Grand Rapids; 

Whereas Gerald Ford joined the United States Naval Reserve 

in 1942 and served his country honorably during World 

War II; 

Whereas upon returning from his service in the military, Gerald Ford ran for the United States House of Representatives and was elected to Congress; 

Whereas Gerald Ford served in the House of Representatives 

from January 1949 to December 1973, winning reelection 12 times, each time with more than 60 percent of 

the vote; 

Whereas Gerald Ford served with great distinction in Congress, in particular through his service on the Defense 

Appropriations Subcommittee, of which he rose to become 

ranking member in 1961; 


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Whereas in addition to his work in the House of Representatives, Gerald Ford served as a member of the Warren 

Commission, which investigated the assassination of 

President John F. Kennedy; 

Whereas, in 1965, Gerald Ford was selected as minority leader of the House of Representatives, a position he held for 

8 years; 

Whereas after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew 

in 1973, Gerald Ford was chosen by President Richard 

Nixon to serve as Vice President of the United States; 

Whereas following the resignation of President Nixon, Gerald 

Ford took the oath of office as President of the United 

States on August 9, 1974; 

Whereas upon assuming the presidency, Gerald Ford helped 

the nation heal from one of the most difficult and contentious periods in United States history, and restored public confidence in the country’s leaders; 

Whereas Gerald Ford’s basic human decency, his integrity, 

and his ability to work cooperatively with leaders of all 

political parties and ideologies, earned him the respect 

and admiration of Americans throughout the country; 

Whereas the John Warner National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2007 recommended that America’s 

next nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, designated as 

CVN–78, be named as the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, in 

honor of our 38th President; and 

Whereas Gerald Ford was able to serve his country with such 

great distinction in large part because of the continuing 

support of his widely admired wife, Elizabeth (Betty), 

who also has contributed much to the nation in many 


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ways, and of their 4 children, Michael, John, Steven, and 

Susan: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate notes with deep sorrow and 

2 solemn mourning the death of President Gerald Rudolph 

3 Ford. 

4 Resolved, That the Senate extends its heartfelt sym5 pathy to Mrs. Ford and the family of President Ford. 

6 Resolved, That the Senate honors and, on behalf of 

7 the nation, expresses deep appreciation for President 

8 Ford’s outstanding and important service to his country. 

9 Resolved, That the Senate directs the Secretary of the 

10 Senate to communicate these resolutions to the House of 

11 Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family 

12 of the former President. 

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