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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 364 

Relative to the death of Marlow Cook, former United States Senator for 

the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2016 

Mr. MCCONNELL (for himself, Mr. REID, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. 

AYOTTE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BOXER, 

Mr. BROWN, Mr. BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. COATS, Mr. COCHRAN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAPO, 

Mr. CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. 

ERNST, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FRANKEN, Mr. 

GARDNER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HATCH, 

Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. HEITKAMP, Mr. HELLER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

HOEVEN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. 

KING, Mr. KIRK, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. 

LEE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MCCAIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. REED, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. 

ROUNDS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SASSE, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. 

TOOMEY, Mr. UDALL, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. 

WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, and Mr. WYDEN), submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Relative to the death of Marlow Cook, former United States 

Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 


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Whereas Marlow Cook was born in New York in 1926; 

Whereas during World War II, Marlow Cook entered the 

United States Navy at age seventeen and served in the 

submarine service in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; 

Whereas Marlow Cook graduated from University of Louisville Law School in 1950, was admitted to the Kentucky 

bar and practiced law in Louisville, Kentucky; 

Whereas Marlow Cook was elected to the Kentucky House of 

Representatives in 1957 in which he served two terms 

and was elected as a Jefferson County judge in 1961 and 

reelected in 1965; 

Whereas Marlow Cook as Jefferson County judge purchased 

and refurbished the boat known today as the Belle of 

Louisville, an essential element of the famed annual Kentucky Derby Festival; 

Whereas Marlow Cook was first elected to the United States 

Senate in 1968 and served as a Senator for the Commonwealth of Kentucky until 1974; 

Whereas Marlow Cook was the first Roman Catholic elected 

to major statewide office in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; 

Whereas Marlow Cook was known for his integrity, humility 

and dedication to public service: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profund 

2 sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death 

3 of the Honorable Marlow Cook, former member of the 

4 United States Senate. 

5 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate commu6 nicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives 


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

2 deceased. 

3 Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it 

4 stand adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem5 ory of the Honorable Marlow Cook. 

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