On March 11th 1959, U.S. Senate votes in favor of statehood, 76 to15.
On March 12th,the U.S. House of Representatives
voted 323 to 89 in favor of granting statehood to Hawai`i.
Eisenhower approves Act of Congress on March 18th.

June 27th 1959, Governor Quinn holds plebisicite
on same day as the primary election.
Those who voted on the plebiscite voted 17-1 for statehood.

On August 21, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed
Proclamation 3309 officially welcoming Hawai`i as the 50th state of the union.

Attending, Fred Seaton, Daniel K.Inouye, Edward Johnson, Sam Rayburn,
Richard Nixon, Lt. Col. James S. Cook Jr., Maj. Gen. A. T. McNamara.