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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 300 

Relative to the death of Henry Ku’ualoha Giugni, former Sergeant-at-Arms 

of the United States Senate. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 3, 2005 

Mr. INOUYE (for himself, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. BYRD, Mr. FRIST, Mr. REID, Mr. 

ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mr. 

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

BROWNBACK, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURNS, Mr. BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, 

Mr. CARPER, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. 

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

CORNYN, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. 

DEMINT, Mr. DEWINE, 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. ISAKSON, Mr. 

JEFFORDS, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KOHL, Mr. 

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

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

MCCAIN, Mr. MCCONNELL, 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. 

SANTORUM, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHELBY, 

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

Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. TALENT, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THUNE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 

VOINOVICH, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Relative to the death of Henry Ku’ualoha Giugni, former 

Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate. 
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Whereas Henry Ku’ualoha Giugni was born on January 11, 

1925, in Honolulu, Hawai’i; 

Whereas Henry Giugni served with distinction in the United 

States Army, after enlisting at the age of 16 after the 

attacks on Pearl Harbor, and served in combat at the 

Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II; 

Whereas Henry Giugni began his service in the Senate in 

1963 as Senior Executive Assistant and Chief of Staff to 

Senator Daniel K. Inouye; 

Whereas Henry Giugni served as Sergeant-at-Arms from 

1987 until 1990; 

Whereas Henry Giugni was the first person of color and first 

Polynesian to be appointed to be the Sergeant-at-Arms; 

Whereas Henry Giugni promoted minorities and women by 

appointing the first minority, an African American, to 

lead the Sergeant-at-Arms’ Service Department, and was 

the first to assign women to the Capitol Police plainclothes unit; 

Whereas Henry Giugni’s special interest in people with disabilities resulted in a major expansion of the Special 

Services Office, which now conducts tours of the U.S. 

Capitol for the blind, deaf, and wheelchair-bound, and 

publishes Senate maps and documents in Braille; 

Whereas in 2003, Henry Giugni received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Hawai’i 

at Hilo in recognition of his extraordinary contributions 

to Hawai’i and the Nation; 

Whereas Henry Giugni carried Hawai’i’s flag while marching 

with Dr. Martin Luther King for civil rights in Selma, 

Alabama; 
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Whereas Henry Giugni presided over the inauguration of 

President George H.W. Bush, and escorted numerous 

foreign dignitaries, including Nelson Mandela, Margaret 

Thatcher, and Vaclav Havel when they visited the United 

States Capitol; and 

Whereas on November 3, 2005, Henry Giugni passed away 

at the age of 80: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound 

2 sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death 

3 of Henry Giugni. 

4 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate commu5 nicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives 

6 and transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 

7 deceased. 

8 Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it 

9 stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem10 ory of Henry Giugni. 

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