Senate roll call 21 · 86th Congress · Mar 11, 1959
S. 50. Statehood for hawaii: passage.
On Mar 11, 1959, the Senate voted 76–15 (S 50). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–14, Republicans 33–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 86th Congress (1959–1960), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Mar 11, 1959
By party
- Democrats50 yes · 14 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
The bill
S. 50: A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edward Lewis (Bob) Bartlett D-AK
- Ernest Henry Gruening D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Gordon Llewellyn Allott R-CO
- John Albert Carroll D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Rupert Vance Hartke D-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Patrick Vincent Mcnamara D-MI
- Philip Aloysius Hart D-MI
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Benjamin Everett Jordan D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Alan Harvey Bible D-NV
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Frank John Lausche D-OH
- Stephen Marvin Young D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Richard Lewis Neuberger D-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse D-OR
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Joseph Sill Clark D-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Ralph Webster Yarborough D-TX
- Frank Edward (Ted) Moss D-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Gale William Mcgee D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Strom Thurmond D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Did not vote
- Hiram Leong Fong R-HI
- Oren Ethelbirt Long D-HI
- Clarence Norman Brunsdale R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Hall Stoner Lusk D-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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