A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States should exercise his Constitutional Authority to pardon posthumously John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for Mr. Johnson's racially-motivated 1913 conviction that diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and unduly tarnished his reputation.

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• H.Con.Res. 526Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation.

  2004-11-19Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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1. 2004-10-05

   Introduced in Senate

2. 2004-10-05

   Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10417-10419; text as passed Senate: CR S10418-10419; text of measure as introduced: CR S10445)

3. 2004-10-05

   Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10417-10419; text as passed Senate: CR S10418-10419; text of measure as introduced: CR S10445)