OK HR1063

Oklahoma House of Representatives commemorates the 60th anniversary of "In God We Trust" being adopted as the official U.S. national motto on July 30, 1956, through joint resolution by the 84th Congress and signed by President Eisenhower.

The phrase replaced "E pluribus unum" as the national motto and may have originated from "The Star-Spangled Banner" (War of 1812) and was first used on U.S. coins in 1864 and on paper currency in 1957.

The motto's adoption on coins was authorized by legislation passed on April 22, 1864, following Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase's direction to the Philadelphia Mint to design coins featuring the phrase.

The U.S. Senate reaffirmed the phrase as official national motto in 2006 (50th anniversary), and the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Concurrent Resolution 13 in 2011 with a vote of 396-9 in support.

Oklahoma House members support and encourage public display of the national motto "In God We Trust."