IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1050 
Honoring the life and accomplishments of the late Ann Richards, former 
Governor of Texas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 
Ms. SOLIS (for herself, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE
JOHNSON
of Texas, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, 
Mrs. 
TAUSCHER, 
Mrs. 
MALONEY, 
Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Min-
nesota, and Ms. KAPTUR) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life and accomplishments of the late Ann 
Richards, former Governor of Texas. 
Whereas Ann Richards was elected Governor of Texas in 
1990 and was a role model for women in politics and for 
women throughout the Nation; 
Whereas Ann Richards was the first woman elected Governor 
of Texas in her own right, rather than as a successor to 
her spouse or a male Governor who died, resigned, or was 
impeached; 
Whereas at the time of her election in 1990, Ann Richards 
was only the twelfth woman elected Governor in United 
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States history, and only the seventh woman elected Gov-
ernor in her own right; 
Whereas only 29 women have been elected Governor in the 
United States, and women Governors have served in only 
21 States and 1 territory; 
Whereas in 1976, Ann Richards was elected to her first gov-
ernment office, defeating an incumbent to become the 
county commissioner of Travis County, Texas; 
Whereas in 1982, Ann Richards became the first woman 
elected to a statewide office in Texas in over 50 years 
when she was elected to her first statewide office as the 
State treasurer, a position to which she was reelected 4 
years later; 
Whereas in 1988, Ann Richards delivered the keynote ad-
dress at the Democratic National Convention, which cata-
pulted her to fame as a national political figure and in-
cluded her critique of then Vice President George H.W. 
Bush as well as her coining of the famous phrase: ‘‘Gin-
ger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did. She just did 
it backwards and in high heels.’’; 
Whereas Ann Richards declared her Governor’s administra-
tion to be the ‘‘New Texas’’ and, in the interest of diver-
sifying the State government to better represent the pop-
ulation of Texas, appointed more women, African-Ameri-
cans, and Hispanics to commissions and State boards 
than any previous Governor of Texas; 
Whereas Ann Richards’s indomitable wit, spirit, intelligence, 
tenacity, and sense of civic duty helped propel her to the 
highest office in Texas and solidified her as a nationally 
known leader; 
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Whereas Ann Richards was a pioneer for women in politics 
and other fields, and helped shatter social barriers that 
held women back from powerful roles in government and 
business; and 
Whereas Ann Richards died on September 13, 2006, at the 
age of 73, in Austin, Texas: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the life and accomplishments of the 
late Ann Richards, former Governor of Texas; 
(2) recognizes the contributions of Ann Rich-
ards to the State of Texas, to the progress of women 
in politics, and to the progress of women throughout 
the United States; and 
(3) expresses condolences to the family and 
loved ones of Ann Richards. 
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