H.R. No. 331
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Benito Juárez, who was instrumental in bringing
  sweeping changes to Mexican government and society during the
  mid-19th century, was born on March 21, 1806; and
         WHEREAS, A Zapotec Indian and native of Oaxaca, Sr. Juárez
  was a teenager when he gained the patronage of the family in whose
  home his sister was working as a servant; tutored privately at
  first, he graduated from the Franciscan seminary in Oaxaca in 1827
  and received a law degree from the Institute of Science and Art in
  1834; and
         WHEREAS, Sr. Juárez was attracted to politics at an early age
  and spent virtually all of his adult life either in government or
  waging opposition; he served as a city councilman for Oaxaca from
  1831 to 1833, during which time he strongly supported Indian
  rights, and in the 1840s he served as a civil judge and federal
  deputy; from 1847 to 1852 he held the governorship of Oaxaca; and
         WHEREAS, Driven into exile when Antonio López de Santa Anna
  came to power in 1853, Sr. Juárez joined the successful
  revolutionary movement against him; after Santa Anna himself was
  forced into exile, Sr. Juárez became minister of justice; while
  serving in that post he was responsible for a law that limited the
  jurisdiction of church courts to ecclesiastical cases; and
         WHEREAS, After serving again as governor of Oaxaca, Sr.
  Juárez became minister of the interior in November 1857 and the next
  month took office as chief justice of the Supreme Court; when a
  military coup deposed the government, he declared himself
  president, in accordance with the constitutional line of
  succession, and led the victorious resistance to the usurpers in
  the Reform War of 1858-1861; and
         WHEREAS, Sr. Juárez assumed the presidency officially in
  1861; soon, however, he found himself fighting the French, who
  captured Mexico City in 1863 and set up a puppet regime; once again
  Sr. Juárez and his troops prevailed, with the United States clearly
  favoring their cause, and in 1867 he was again elected president;
  and
         WHEREAS, Plagued with numerous difficulties throughout his
  final term, Sr. Juárez died in office on July 17, 1872; in 1888, the
  city of El Paso del Norte was renamed Ciudad Juárez in his honor;
  and
         WHEREAS, Notwithstanding the difficulties of his final
  years, Benito Juárez remains a towering figure in the history of
  Mexico; he was instrumental in the transfer of political power from
  creoles to mestizos, in asserting the authority of civil law, and in
  preserving the nation's autonomy in the face of foreign invasion,
  and it is a privilege to honor the memory of this national hero;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of the esteemed
  Mexican statesman Benito Juárez on March 21, 2010, the 204th
  anniversary of his birth.
 
  Alonzo
 
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 331 was adopted by the House on
  February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House