A House of Representatives vote of 323-89 helped make Hawaii the 50th state in this year
The reasons why Hawaii did not achieve statehood, say, ten years agoand
... [DOC] [TLE] Hawai'i statehood | Densho Encyclopedia [PAR] On August 21, 1959, Hawai'i became America's 50th state, culminating years of 
effort after the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy to make Hawai'i part of the ... 
residents were unable to vote for their own governor or for president and with 
only one ... Wilder King presented a statehood bill to the House of 
Representatives.