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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Philip Miller Crane was born in Chicago on 
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November 3, 1930; he was educated at Hillsdale College, the 
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University of Vienna, and Indiana University (PhD 1961), and 
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served in the United States Army; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Congressman Phil Crane was a faculty member at 
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Indiana University and at Bradley University in Peoria, a staff 
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member for the Republican National Committee, director of 
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research for the 1964 Republican presidential candidate Barry 
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Goldwater, and a staff member of former Vice-President Richard 
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Nixon from 1964 to 1968, before entering the United States 
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House of Representatives; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Congressman Phil Crane was a Republican member of 
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the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, 
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representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern 
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suburbs of Chicago; he was first elected to Congress in the 
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13th District of Illinois in a 1969 special election, 
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succeeding Representative Donald Rumsfeld, who was appointed 
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to a position in the Nixon Administration; he was elected to a 
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full term in 1970 and 16 times thereafter; his district number 
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changed as Illinois lost population; it went from the 13th 
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(1969-73) to the 12th (1973-93) to the 8th (1993-2005); he 
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almost always won with 70 percent or more of the vote until the 
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1990s, when Illinois began trending more Democratic; before 
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losing his re-election bid during the 2004 election, he was the 
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longest-serving Republican member of the U.S. House of 
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Representatives; and
 

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    WHEREAS, For 35 years, Congressman Phil Crane represented 
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the beliefs of his constituents, including family values, low 
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taxes, a strong military, limited government, and respect for 
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the unborn; therefore, be it
 

 


 






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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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former Congressman Philip Miller Crane shall be honored for his 
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exemplary career of service to the citizens of the State of 
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Illinois; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, Congressman Crane shall be remembered and 
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honored for his steadfast commitment to democracy and the 
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democratic process that has enabled him to faithfully represent 
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the State of Illinois, and allowed him the opportunity to 
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embody, for 35 years, the courage, knowledge, and honesty 
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needed in an Illinois elected official to represent our State 
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in the United States Congress; and be it further
 

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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution is to be 
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presented to Congressman Philip Crane and his family.