PRINTER'S NO. 2892
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
651
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, ROEBUCK, O'NEILL, BARBIN, DEASY,
QUIGLEY, RYAN, MATZIE, DRISCOLL, WARD, BERNSTINE, ROTHMAN,
BIZZARRO, DiGIROLAMO, B. MILLER, PASHINSKI, SCHLOSSBERG,
GREINER, MILLARD, LONGIETTI, MURT, YOUNGBLOOD, JOZWIAK,
MALONEY, TOOHIL, COX, JAMES, CHARLTON, GOODMAN, GROVE,
CALTAGIRONE, SAYLOR, NEILSON, BAKER, DEAN, MENTZER, BURNS,
ORTITAY, DOWLING, KAUFFMAN, SCHWEYER, MARSICO, HILL-EVANS,
TOEPEL, D. COSTA, SOLOMON, J. McNEILL, MACKENZIE, SONNEY,
DUSH, M. QUINN, PICKETT, WATSON AND DeLUCA, JANUARY 22, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 22, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Observing February 12, 2018, as the 209th anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United
States.
WHEREAS, President Lincoln became the 16th President of the
United States on March 4, 1861, and served in that role until
his death on April 15, 1865; and
WHEREAS, President Lincoln was born into humble circumstances
on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hodgenville, Kentucky;
and
WHEREAS, A strong believer in the values of education and
hard work, President Lincoln, who grew up in Indiana and into
maturity in Illinois, served in the Illinois legislature for
eight years and was a successful lawyer; and
WHEREAS, President Lincoln served in the United States House
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