Sen. Carl Hayden

Former Senator from Arizona

Democrat

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1957-1968	Senator	Arizona
1939-1956	Senator	Arizona
1927-1938	Senator	Arizona
1925-1927	Representative	Arizona's At-Large District
1923-1925	Representative	Arizona's At-Large District
1915-1923	Representative	Arizona's At-Large District
1911-1915	Representative	Arizona's At-Large District

Voting Record

From Dec 1927 to Oct 1968, Hayden missed 873 of 6,707 roll call votes, which is 13.0%. This is worse than the median of 9.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Oct 1968. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
Dec 1927-May 1928	125	6	4.8%	0^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	13	19.7%	0^th
1929 May-Jun	36	4	11.1%	0^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	1	12.5%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	2	3.6%	0^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	100	48	48.0%	0^th
1930 Mar-May	142	19	13.4%	0^th
1930 Jun-Jul	23	4	17.4%	0^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	63	7	11.1%	0^th
1930 Jul-Jul	9	1	11.1%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	6	9.5%	0^th
1932 Mar-May	90	8	8.9%	0^th
1932 Jun-Jul	64	7	10.9%	0^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	5	7.9%	0^th
1933 Mar-Jun	97	10	10.3%	50^th
1934 Jan-Jun	129	4	3.1%	0^th
1933 Mar-Mar	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1935 Jan-Mar	37	1	2.7%	0^th
1935 Apr-Jun	49	2	4.1%	0^th
1935 Jul-Aug	46	6	13.0%	50^th
1936 Jan-Jun	61	6	9.8%	0^th
1937 Jan-Mar	19	4	21.1%	75^th
1937 Apr-Jun	21	1	4.8%	0^th
1937 Jul-Aug	31	31	100.0%	75^th
1937 Nov-Dec	22	2	9.1%	50^th
1938 Jan-Jun	81	9	11.1%	40^th
1939 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1939 Jul-Aug	41	3	7.3%	20^th
1939 Oct-Nov	20	2	10.0%	60^th
1940 Jan-Mar	44	8	18.2%	80^th
1940 Apr-Jun	64	11	17.2%	60^th
1940 Jul-Sep	38	1	2.6%	20^th
1940 Oct-Nov	5	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Apr-Jun	31	2	6.5%	57^th
1941 Jul-Sep	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1941 Oct-Dec	21	3	14.3%	83^rd
1942 Jan-Mar	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Apr-Jun	28	2	7.1%	33^rd
1942 Jul-Sep	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1942 Oct-Dec	24	10	41.7%	67^th
1943 Jan-Mar	20	2	10.0%	25^th
1943 Apr-Jun	51	3	5.9%	38^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	5	25.0%	50^th
1943 Oct-Dec	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Jan-Mar	51	2	3.9%	25^th
1944 Apr-Jun	23	2	8.7%	50^th
1944 Aug-Sep	7	0	0.0%	0^th
1944 Nov-Dec	17	1	5.9%	44^th
1945 Jan-Mar	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1945 Apr-Jun	40	2	5.0%	21^st
1945 Jul-Sep	27	2	7.4%	64^th
1945 Oct-Dec	23	1	4.3%	14^th
1946 Jan-Mar	13	0	0.0%	0^th
1946 Apr-Jun	75	1	1.3%	14^th
1946 Jul-Aug	48	2	4.2%	64^th
1947 Jan-Mar	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1947 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	53^rd
1947 Jul-Jul	39	9	23.1%	94^th
1947 Nov-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1948 Feb-Mar	28	1	3.6%	44^th
1948 Apr-Jun	74	1	1.4%	50^th
1948 Aug-Aug	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Apr-Jun	86	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Jul-Sep	82	0	0.0%	0^th
1949 Oct-Oct	20	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	85	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	78	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Dec-Dec	10	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Jan	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1951 Jan-Mar	20	1	5.0%	69^th
1951 Apr-Jun	70	1	1.4%	38^th
1951 Jul-Sep	94	1	1.1%	23^rd
1951 Oct-Oct	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Apr-Jun	95	0	0.0%	0^th
1952 Jul-Jul	6	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Apr-Jun	43	0	0.0%	0^th
1953 Jul-Jul	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jan-Mar	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Apr-Jun	50	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Sep	91	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Dec-Dec	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jan-Mar	26	1	3.8%	38^th
1955 Apr-Jun	38	1	2.6%	21^st
1955 Jul-Aug	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	50	1	2.0%	42^nd
1956 Jul-Jul	33	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	45	2	4.4%	40^th
1957 Jul-Aug	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Feb-Mar	38	1	2.6%	35^th
1958 Apr-Jun	85	5	5.9%	82^nd
1958 Jul-Aug	76	3	3.9%	63^rd
1959 Jan-Apr	57	2	3.5%	58^th
1959 May-Aug	128	3	2.3%	26^th
1959 Sep-Sep	30	2	6.7%	76^th
1960 Jan-Apr	79	14	17.7%	88^th
1960 May-Aug	123	14	11.4%	87^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	5	100.0%	94^th
1961 Jan-Apr	31	2	6.5%	68^th
1961 May-Aug	137	21	15.3%	99^th
1961 Sep-Sep	36	5	13.9%	81^st
1962 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	50^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	1	1.6%	15^th
1962 Jul-Sep	122	24	19.7%	89^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	73	10	13.7%	88^th
1963 Jul-Sep	61	4	6.6%	44^th
1963 Oct-Dec	87	14	16.1%	89^th
1964 Jan-Mar	60	9	15.0%	94^th
1964 Apr-Jun	138	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	106	6	5.7%	55^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	10	31.3%	82^nd
1965 Apr-Jun	106	39	36.8%	98^th
1965 Jul-Sep	106	16	15.1%	84^th
1965 Oct-Oct	15	3	20.0%	52^nd
1966 Jan-Mar	28	12	42.9%	95^th
1966 Apr-Jun	56	38	67.9%	99^th
1966 Jul-Sep	119	102	85.7%	99^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	32	91.4%	97^th
1967 Jan-Mar	53	7	13.2%	49^th
1967 Apr-Jun	70	21	30.0%	89^th
1967 Jul-Sep	81	12	14.8%	59^th
1967 Oct-Dec	111	29	26.1%	81^st
1968 Jan-Mar	69	13	18.8%	72^nd
1968 Apr-Jun	96	31	32.3%	83^rd
1968 Jul-Sep	89	50	56.2%	91^st
1968 Oct-Oct	27	20	74.1%	81^st

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Sen. Carl Hayden [D-AZ, 1957-1968] leaves office as Senator from Arizona

Oct 14, 1968

Elections and Offices

Sen. Carl Hayden [D-AZ, 1957-1968] takes office as Senator from Arizona

Jan 3, 1957

Elections and Offices

Sen. Carl Hayden [D-AZ, 1957-1968] leaves office as Senator from Arizona

Jul 27, 1956

Elections and Offices

Sen. Carl Hayden [D-AZ, 1957-1968] takes office as Senator from Arizona

Jan 3, 1939

Elections and Offices

Sen. Carl Hayden [D-AZ, 1957-1968] leaves office as Senator from Arizona

Jun 16, 1938