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GA HR2035
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/26/2012
Primary Sponsor
Tom Dickson
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AI Summary
- Honors the life and memory of Congressman Edgar Lanier Jenkins, born in 1933 in Towns County, Georgia, and expresses condolences from the Georgia House of Representatives upon his passing
- Jenkins served in the United States Coast Guard and graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law after attending Young Harris College and Emory University
- Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, he served 16 years on committees including Ways and Means, Standards and Official Conduct, the Subcommittee on Trade, and the House Budget Committee, and was nominated as a candidate for Majority Leader
- Prior to Congress, Jenkins worked as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, practiced law in Jasper, and worked for Congressman Phil M. Landrum; he later served as chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and as a founding board member of Pickens Technical Institute
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to Congressman Jenkins' family
Legislative Description
Jenkins, Congressman Edgar Lanier; condolences
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/26/2012
Full Bill Text
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