IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1165 
Honoring the life and accomplishments of the actor Jimmy Stewart and 
the contributions he made to the Nation on the 100th anniversary of 
his birth. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2008 
Mr. POE (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. TIAHRT, 
Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. PETER-
SON of Pennsylvania, Mr. CARTER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. BORDALLO, 
and Mr. HALL of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life and accomplishments of the actor Jimmy 
Stewart and the contributions he made to the Nation 
on the 100th anniversary of his birth. 
Whereas James Maitland ‘‘Jimmy’’ Stewart was born in Indi-
ana, Pennsylvania, on May 20, 1908; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart made more than 80 films, including 
comedies, westerns, and dramas; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart won an Academy Award for best 
performance by an actor in 1940 for his performance in 
‘‘The Philadelphia Story’’ and received four other Oscar 
nominations for his performances in ‘‘Mr. Smith Goes to 
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Washington’’, ‘‘It’s a Wonderful Life’’, ‘‘Harvey’’, and 
‘‘Anatomy of a Murder’’; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart received a Screen Actors Guild 
Award in 1968 for ‘‘fostering the finest ideals of the act-
ing profession’’, the American Film Institute’s eighth 
Life Achievement Award in 1980, a Kennedy Center 
Honor in 1983, a special Academy Award in 1984 for 
‘‘50 years of meaningful performances’’ and ‘‘for his high 
ideals, both on and off the screen’’, and the annual trib-
ute by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1990; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart was voted the third Greatest Movie 
Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly, the ninth 
Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine, 
and is third on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends Actor 
list by the American Film Institute; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart appeared in a number of television 
shows and Broadway plays and received a Tony Award; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart’s poetry was compiled into his 1989 
book entitled ‘‘Jimmy Stewart and his Poems’’; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart enlisted in the military and served 
during World War II as the operations officer, chief of 
staff, and squadron commander of the Second Combat 
Wing of the United States 8th Air Force in England; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart’s military decorations include two 
Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Air Medal, multiple 
oak leaf clusters, six battle stars, and the Croix de 
Guerre with Palm; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart held the highest active military rank 
of any actor in history, rising to the rank of colonel in 
the Army Air Corps during World War II, and the rank 
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of brigadier general in 1959, making him the highest 
ranking entertainer in the American military; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart was awarded the Woodrow Wilson 
Award, Princeton University’s highest alumni honor, for 
outstanding public service; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart worked from 1987 to 1993 on 
projects that enhanced the public appreciation and under-
standing of the United States Constitution and Bill of 
Rights; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart was presented the Humanitarian 
Award by the American Red Cross for service to his fel-
low man; 
Whereas Jimmy Stewart testified before Congress in 1988, in 
favor of a bill that was later enacted to require film ex-
hibitors and distributors to disclose to the public whether 
certain culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant 
films had been colorized or otherwise altered from the 
original; and 
Whereas in 1985, President Ronald Reagan awarded Jimmy 
Stewart the Nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presi-
dential Medal of Freedom: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the United States House of Rep-
resentatives honors the life and accomplishments of the 
late James Maitland ‘‘Jimmy’’ Stewart and honors the ar-
tistic, military, and political contributions he made to the 
Nation on the 100th anniversary of his birth. 
Æ 
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