“Resolved … That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German

“Resolved … That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared … “ 4/6/1917

Series: Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789 - 2013

Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006

Transcription:

[stamp[ (except for handwritten “1”):]] (PUBLIC RESOLUTION NO. 1 65TH CONGRESS.)

S. J. Res. 1.

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RECEIVED

APR 6 [?] 1917

BUREAU OF ROLLS AND LIBRARY [/stamp]

Sixty-fifth Congress of the United States of America;

At the First Session,

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Declaring that a state of war exists between the Imperial German Government and the Government and the people of the United States and making provision to prosecute the same.

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Whereas the Imperial German Government has committed repeated acts of war against the Government and the people of the United States of America: Therefore be it

[words up to comma italicized in Image:] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the state of war between the United States and the Imperial German Government which has thus been thrust upon the United States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.

[signed] Champ Clark

[words italicized:]Speaker of the House of Representatives.

[signed] Thos. R. Marshall

[words italicized:]Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.

[handwritten] [A]pproved 6 April, 1917.

[signed] Woodrow Wilson