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Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish, III (December 7, 1888 – January 18, 1991), also known as Hamilton Fish, Jr., was a Republican from New York who represented the state's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1945. He was previously a state representative from Putnam County.
U.S. House of Representatives
1920s
A Zionist, Fish co-sponsored with Massachusetts Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. the Lodge-Fish resolution 1922 which affirmed Israel as a permanent national home for Jews.[1] It asserted that the United States:[2]
| “ | ...favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the Holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected. | ” |
The resolution unanimously passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Warren G. Harding on September 21, 1922.[3]
References
- ↑ Fascinating Politics (December 30, 2018). Hamilton Fish: An American Hero Smeared By British Intelligence. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ↑ Glatt, Benjamin (September 21, 2016). After WWI, Christian Zionists sought a political expression in the world. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ↑ Freund, Michael (November 5, 2020). Warren G. Harding - a forgotten Zionist hero. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 23, 2021.