IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1032 
Honoring New York State Senator John Marchi. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 
Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BASS, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor-
ida, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. BOEH-
LERT, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. ROG-
ERS of Michigan, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. MACK, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. WALSH, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. PORTER, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. 
CASTLE, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. ENGLISH of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. RENZI, Mr. TERRY, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. 
WAMP, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 
SCHWARZ of Michigan, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. DEAL of 
Georgia, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. 
KINGSTON, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. MCHENRY) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring New York State Senator John Marchi. 
Whereas John J. Marchi, the longest-serving State legislator 
in American history, will end his illustrious career after 
50 years in the New York State Senate; 
Whereas John Marchi, the son of Louis and Alina Marchi, 
was born on May 20, 1921, in Staten Island, New York; 
Whereas Senator John Marchi graduated from Manhattan 
College with first honors and received the Cardinal Hayes 
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Award for scholastic achievement and campus leadership, 
from St. John’s University School of Law in 1949, and 
from Brooklyn Law School in 1953 with a doctorate in 
Juridical Science; 
Whereas Senator Marchi served with honor and distinction in 
the United States Coast Guard and Navy during World 
War II in both theaters of the war, on combat duty in 
the North Atlantic and on Okinawa, and as a Com-
mander in the Active Reserve after World War II, retir-
ing from service in 1982; 
Whereas, on November 14, 1948, Senator Marchi married 
Maria Luisa Davini in her home town of Lucca, Italy; 
Whereas Senator Marchi served as counsel to New York 
State Senator John Macdonald of Staten Island, for 2 
years; 
Whereas Senator Marchi was elected to the New York State 
Senate in 1956, defeating Edward V. Curry with nearly 
55 percent of the vote; 
Whereas Senator Marchi earned his party’s nomination in the 
New York City mayoral campaign of 1969 and again in 
1973; 
Whereas Senator Marchi was reelected to the State Senate 
24 times, receiving both the Republican and Democratic 
Parties’ endorsements in 11 of his last 12 races; 
Whereas Senator Marchi has always been a man with polit-
ical opponents but no enemies, fighting for his beliefs and 
earning the utmost respect from voters and fellow law-
makers from all points on the political spectrum; 
Whereas Senator Marchi dedicated his life to the people of 
Staten Island, leading the effort to secede from the city 
of New York when the elimination of the city’s board of 
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estimates reduced the island’s representation in city gov-
ernment; and 
Whereas Senator Marchi has a brilliant legal mind and au-
thored a model city charter for a new city of Staten Is-
land and earned the title ‘‘Father of Secession’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors 
the distinguished life and career of New York State Sen-
ator John J. Marchi. 
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