1959 United States elections
| ← 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 → Off-year elections | |
| Senate elections | |
|---|---|
| Seats contested | 2 |
| Net seat change | 0 |
| House elections | |
| Seats contested | 4 |
| Net seat change | 0 |
| Gubernatorial elections | |
| Seats contested | 4 |
| Net seat change | Republican +1 |
 | |
| Democratic hold Republican gain | |
1959 United States elections included:
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- Congressional elections
- Gubernatorial elections
- State elections
- Referendums
- Hawaii statehood referendum, held as part of the Hawaii Admission Act of 1959 for Hawaii on June 27, 1959 which was approved by voters. Later on August 21, 1959 President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting them as a state making them the 50th state.[1][2]
- Mayoral elections
- 1959 Baltimore mayoral election
- 1959 Boston mayoral election
- 1959 Chicago mayoral election
- 1959 Cleveland mayoral election
- 1959 Evansville, Indiana, mayoral election
- 1959 Indianapolis mayoral election
- 1959 Manchester, New Hampshire mayoral election
- 1959 Philadelphia mayoral election
- 1959 San Francisco mayoral election
- 1959 Springfield, Massachusetts mayoral election
- Council, aldermanic, municipal and borough elections
See also
[edit]- 1959 United States House of Representatives elections
- 1959 United States Senate elections
- 1959 United States gubernatorial elections
References
[edit]- ^ "Hawaii Statehood". United States National Archives: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ "Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers from Hawaiʻi and the U.S.: Hawaiʻi Statehood". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
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