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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 125 

Celebrating the centennial of the birth of Senator Henry M. ‘‘Scoop’’ Jackson. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 18, 2012 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself and Mr. MCDERMOTT) submitted the 

following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

House Administration 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Celebrating the centennial of the birth of Senator Henry 

M. ‘‘Scoop’’ Jackson. 

Whereas the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of Washington’s most revered and favorite sons, Henry Martin 

Jackson, on May 31, 2012, will be celebrated by friends 

and well-wishers in Everett and other Snohomish County 

communities, and in other towns and neighborhoods 

throughout his beloved State of Washington; 

Whereas the centennial of the birth of this great patriot and 

public servant, United States Senator Henry M. ‘‘Scoop’’ 

Jackson, should be honored by true friends of human 

rights and democracy nationwide and all across the globe; 

Whereas Congressman and later Senator Scoop Jackson, in 

more than four decades of unswerving public service until 

taken from family and country by his untimely death on 


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September 1, 1983, established a steady and respected 

grasp of subjects ranging from public-lands and other environmental issues, to hydroelectric-power and other energy concerns, to national-security and other public-safety 

matters; 

Whereas Scoop Jackson, born in the Everett home of his 

Norwegian-immigrant parents, Peter and Marine Jackson, was elected Snohomish County prosecuting attorney 

in 1938, at the age of 26, just two years after he graduated from the University of Washington School of Law; 

Whereas earning a strong reputation as a dedicated foe and 

prosecutor of illegal gambling and bootlegging activities, 

he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, for the Evergreen State’s Second District, in 1940; 

Whereas the then-Congressman Jackson enlisted in World 

War II until he and other national legislators were recalled to their congressional duties and responsibilities by 

President Franklin Roosevelt; 

Whereas Scoop Jackson was re-elected five times to his congressional seat, won election to the United States Senate 

in 1952, and was re-elected five times to his Senate seat; 

Whereas Mr. Jackson was a tireless voice for nuclear deterrence, from production of fissionable material, to the nuclear submarine program, and the land-based ballistic 

missile program, he was a leading supporter of nuclear 

parity with the Soviet Union; 

Whereas throughout his career, Jackson remained a steadfast 

supporter of a strong military, placing principles over politics to ensure the United States Armed Forces maintained their global stature; 


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Whereas an ‘‘environmentalist’’ many years before the word 

became part of the United States lexicon, Scoop Jackson 

wrote the groundbreaking National Environmental Policy 

Act, and championed legislation preserving such enormous and unspoiled Washington treasures as North Cascades National Park and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness; 

Whereas Scoop Jackson sponsored the Endangered American 

Wilderness Act, the Redwoods National Parks Act, the 

Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the Federal 

Lands for Parks and Recreation Act, the Youth Conservation Corps Act, the National Environmental Policy 

Act, the National Trail System Act, the National Historic 

Preservation Act, the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the 

Land and Water Conservation Fund Act, and the National Wilderness Act; 

Whereas Scoop Jackson also sponsored legislation establishing the Foundation for the Advancement of Military 

Medicine, which was later named in his honor, to work 

toward medical and other scientific programs and advancement that help members of the United States 

Armed Forces and civilians alike; and 

Whereas Henry M. and Helen Jackson raised two children, 

Anna Marie Jackson Laurence and Peter Jackson: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress celebrates the centennial of 

3 the birth of Senator Henry M. ‘‘Scoop’’ Jackson. 

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