Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
was admitted to the
Union
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* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
on August 21, 1959, and elects U.S. senators to
Classes 1 and 3. Seven people including only one Republican have served as a U.S. senator from Hawaii. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats
Brian Schatz and
Mazie Hirono
Mazie Keiko Hirono (; Japanese name: , ; born November 3, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of t ...
. Hawaii's Class 1 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by an ethnic minority. Its Class 3 seat is the only one in the United States that has always been held by a member of the Democratic Party.
Hawaii last elected a Republican in 1970, which has resulted in the longest streak in the nation for a state's having all-Democratic senators.
Daniel K. Inouye was Hawaii's longest-serving senator, from 1963 to 2012.
List of senators
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Hiram Fong
Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a sugar plantation Cantonese immigrant worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and first ...
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Republican
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
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Jan 3, 1977
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Elected in 1959.
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Elected in 1959.Retired.
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Jan 3, 1963
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Elected in 1962.
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Dec 17, 2012
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Re-elected in 1964.
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Re-elected in 1968.
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Re-elected in 1970.Retired.
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Re-elected in 1974.
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Spark Matsunaga
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga ( ja, 松永 正幸, October 8, 1916April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U.S. ...
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Democratic
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Apr 15, 1990
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Elected in 1976.
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Re-elected in 1980.
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Re-elected in 1982.
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Re-elected in 1986.
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Re-elected in 1988.Died.
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May 16, 1990
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Daniel Akaka
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of Nat ...
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Jan 3, 2013
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Elected in 1990 to finish Matsunaga's term.
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Re-elected in 1992.
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Re-elected in 1994.
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Re-elected in 1998.
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Re-elected in 2000.
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Re-elected in 2004.
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Re-elected in 2006.Retired.
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Dec 26, 2012
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Elected in 2014 to finish Inouye's term.
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present
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Brian Schatz
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Mazie Hirono
Mazie Keiko Hirono (; Japanese name: , ; born November 3, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of t ...
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present
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Elected in 2012.
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Re-elected in 2016.
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Re-elected in 2018.
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Re-elected in 2022.
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To be determined in the 2024 election.
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Living former senators
, there are no living former U.S. senators from Hawaii. The last living former senator and the most recently serving was
Daniel Akaka
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of Nat ...
(served 1990–2013), who died April 6, 2018.
Superlatives
Longest service
Shortest service
''Excluding incumbents''
Youngest at beginning of service
Oldest at end of service
See also
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List of United States representatives from Hawaii
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Hawaii. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see ...
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United States congressional delegations from Hawaii
Since Hawaii became a state in 1959, it has sent United States Congress, congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Members of the House ...
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Elections in Hawaii
External links
Members of Congress from Hawaii govtrack.us
U.S. Senate members from Hawaii civil.services
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United States senators
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and powe ...
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...