Former U.S. Senator

Spark M. MatsunagaNo longer serving

State HI Party Democratic In office 1963–1991

Fact sheet Spreadsheet
Hawaii101st Congress Official portrait of Spark M. Matsunaga
Bills introduced
0

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law
0

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored
0

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes
100

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches
0

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Biography

A Representative and a Senator from Hawaii. Born in Kukuiula, Kauai, Hawaii, October 8, 1916. Graduated, University of Hawaii at Honolulu 1941 and Harvard Law School 1951. United States Army Reserve 1941. Volunteered for active service in July 1941. Wounded twice in battle. Released from active service as a captain in December 1945. Assistant public prosecutor, city and county of Honolulu 1952-1954. Member of Hawaiian statehood delegation to Congress in 1950 and 1954. Lawyer in private practice. Member of the Territorial legislature 1954-1959, serving as majority leader 1957-1959. Author and poet. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962. Reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1977). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate. Reelected in 1982 and again in 1988 and served from January 3, 1977, until his death in Toronto, Canada, April 15, 1990. Cremated, ashes interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

BillQuestionVotedDate
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989
HRES 499Guilty or Not Guilty H.Res. 499GuiltyOct 20, 1989

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.