Sen. Carl Hayden

Former Senator from Arizona

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 870 of 6,559 roll call votes, which is 13.3%. This is worse than the median of 9.8% 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	119	6	5.0%	0^th
Dec 1928-Mar 1929	66	13	19.7%	0^th
1929 May-Jun	34	4	11.8%	0^th
1929 Sep-Sep	8	1	12.5%	0^th
1929 Oct-Nov	55	2	3.6%	0^th
Dec 1929-Feb 1930	90	48	53.3%	0^th
1930 Mar-May	140	19	13.6%	0^th
1930 Jun-Jul	22	4	18.2%	0^th
Dec 1930-Mar 1931	60	7	11.7%	0^th
1930 Jul-Jul	1	1	100.0%	0^th
Dec 1931-Feb 1932	63	6	9.5%	0^th
1932 Mar-May	89	8	9.0%	0^th
1932 Jun-Jul	64	7	10.9%	0^th
Dec 1932-Mar 1933	63	5	7.9%	0^th
1933 Mar-Jun	95	10	10.5%	50^th
1934 Jan-Jun	128	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	60	6	10.0%	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	40	3	7.5%	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	16	3	18.8%	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	23	10	43.5%	67^th
1943 Jan-Mar	19	2	10.5%	38^th
1943 Apr-Jun	51	3	5.9%	38^th
1943 Jul-Sep	20	5	25.0%	38^th
1943 Oct-Dec	29	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	26	2	7.7%	71^st
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	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jan-Mar	55	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Apr-Jun	84	0	0.0%	0^th
1950 Jul-Sep	50	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	93	1	1.1%	31^st
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	42	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	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1954 Jul-Sep	90	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	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	44	2	4.5%	53^rd
1957 Jul-Aug	46	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Feb-Mar	37	1	2.7%	46^th
1958 Apr-Jun	84	5	6.0%	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	77	14	18.2%	88^th
1960 May-Aug	121	14	11.6%	87^th
1960 Sep-Sep	5	5	100.0%	93^rd
1961 Jan-Apr	31	2	6.5%	68^th
1961 May-Aug	134	21	15.7%	99^th
1961 Sep-Sep	31	5	16.1%	82^nd
1962 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	50^th
1962 Apr-Jun	62	1	1.6%	15^th
1962 Jul-Sep	110	24	21.8%	89^th
1962 Oct-Oct	18	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	8	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	69	10	14.5%	87^th
1963 Jul-Sep	55	4	7.3%	50^th
1963 Oct-Dec	84	14	16.7%	88^th
1964 Jan-Mar	56	9	16.1%	95^th
1964 Apr-Jun	136	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	105	6	5.7%	55^th
1964 Oct-Oct	1	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	32	10	31.3%	81^st
1965 Apr-Jun	106	39	36.8%	98^th
1965 Jul-Sep	105	16	15.2%	81^st
1965 Oct-Oct	15	3	20.0%	51^st
1966 Jan-Mar	28	12	42.9%	95^th
1966 Apr-Jun	52	38	73.1%	99^th
1966 Jul-Sep	115	102	88.7%	99^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	32	91.4%	92^nd
1967 Jan-Mar	53	7	13.2%	48^th
1967 Apr-Jun	69	21	30.4%	89^th
1967 Jul-Sep	78	10	12.8%	57^th
1967 Oct-Dec	110	28	25.5%	77^th
1968 Jan-Mar	68	13	19.1%	73^rd
1968 Apr-Jun	96	31	32.3%	80^th
1968 Jul-Sep	88	50	56.8%	91^st
1968 Oct-Oct	27	20	74.1%	78^th

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 03, 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 03, 1939

Elections and Offices

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

Jun 16, 1938