On March 12th, 1959,the U.S. House of Representatives
voted 323 to 89 in favor of granting statehood to Hawai`i.

On August 21, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed
the proclamation 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.