House Resolution 8 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 8 BY H. MILLER , ABDUL-SAMAD , BERRY , THEDE , KELLEY , LANDON , FISHER , VANDER LINDEN , JORGENSEN , WATTS , HAGENOW , DEYOE , SODERBERG , WORTHAN , MOORE , BYRNES , BALTIMORE , MEYER , MOMMSEN , HOLT , BROWN-POWERS , GAINES , SANDS , HUSEMAN , PETTENGILL , HEDDENS , FINKENAUER , STUTSMAN , WINCKLER , ISENHART , LYKAM , COHOON , DOLECHECK , McCONKEY , ANDERSON , GASSMAN , T. TAYLOR , HUNTER , JACOBY , NUNN , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , HANSON , OLSON , OLDSON , WOLFE , HALL , BEARINGER , KAUFMANN , WINDSCHITL , SEXTON , KLEIN , RUFF , RUNNING-MARQUARDT , STECKMAN , BACON , BAXTER , GUSTAFSON , FORBES , KRESSIG , DAWSON , ROGERS , COWNIE , OURTH , PAUSTIAN , DUNKEL , STAED , KEARNS , GASKILL , PRICHARD , SMITH , LENSING , BENNETT , MASCHER , SALMON , MAXWELL , L. MILLER , FRY , UPMEYER , FORRISTALL , HANUSA , JONES , PAULSEN , DRAKE , KOESTER , STANERSON , BRANHAGEN , RIZER , HEARTSILL , WILLS , GRASSLEY , SHEETS , R. TAYLOR , CARLSON , KOOIKER , HEIN , HEATON , BEST , and HIGHFILL A Resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the 1 milestone achieved by the first African Americans to 2 serve in the Iowa General Assembly, the Honorable 3 Willie Stevenson Glanton and the Honorable James H. 4 Jackson. 5 WHEREAS, in 1880, the Iowa Constitution was amended 6 to allow African American men to serve in the Iowa 7 General Assembly; and 8 WHEREAS, in 1926, the Iowa Constitution was 9 amended to allow women to serve in the Iowa General 10 -1- LSB 1865YH (4) 86 ec/nh 1/ 3

H.R. 8 Assembly; and 1 WHEREAS, in 1965, Willie Stevenson Glanton and James 2 H. Jackson became the first African Americans to serve 3 in the Iowa General Assembly as members of the Iowa 4 House of Representatives during the 61st Iowa General 5 Assembly; and 6 WHEREAS, 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of this 7 important milestone in the history of Iowa and the Iowa 8 General Assembly; and 9 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives should 10 celebrate and inform all Iowans of the history of the 11 Iowa General Assembly and its members, especially 12 members who represent historic firsts and exemplify the 13 ideal of the citizen legislator; and 14 WHEREAS, both Willie Stevenson Glanton and James H. 15 Jackson distinguished themselves during the 61st Iowa 16 General Assembly, working on important legislation on 17 civil rights and housing discrimination while serving 18 on several committees, including appropriations and 19 education; and 20 WHEREAS, Willie Stevenson Glanton was a trailblazer 21 throughout her career as she was the second African 22 American woman to be admitted to the Iowa Bar, the 23 first African American woman to become an assistant 24 county attorney in Polk County, the first African 25 American attorney in the Iowa office of the United 26 States Small Business Administration, and the first 27 African American member of the Des Moines City Council, 28 all culminating in her induction into the Iowa Women’s 29 Hall of Fame; and 30 -2- LSB 1865YH (4) 86 ec/nh 2/ 3

H.R. 8 WHEREAS, James H. Jackson, a native of Waterloo 1 and graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, 2 distinguished himself throughout his career in both the 3 public and private sectors, teaching in the Waterloo 4 public school district and later becoming a pioneer for 5 other African Americans in corporate America, holding 6 senior management positions with Pepsi-Cola Bottling 7 Company, ITT, Citibank, and CIGNA; NOW THEREFORE, 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 9 the House of Representatives honors and recognizes 10 the important contributions both Willie Stevenson 11 Glanton and James H. Jackson made to this state as the 12 first African American members of the Iowa House of 13 Representatives and as trailblazers and pioneers in 14 both the public and private sectors throughout their 15 careers. 16 -3- LSB 1865YH (4) 86 ec/nh 3/ 3