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 ...

was admitted to the Union 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 Brian Emanuel Schatz (; born October 20, 1972) is an American educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, Schatz served in the Hawaii House o ...

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 th ...

. 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 Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative f ...

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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Jan 3, 1977 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1959. , rowspan=3 , 1 , , rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1959.Retired. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Aug 21, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1963 , rowspan=2 ,

Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

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Dec 17, 2012 , rowspan=27 ,

, rowspan=27 align=right nowrap , Daniel Inouye, official Senate photo portrait, 2008

Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative ...

! rowspan=27 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1964. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1970.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 , 2 , rowspan=7 align=left nowrap ,

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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, rowspan=7 nowrap , Jan 3, 1977 –
Apr 15, 1990 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1980. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982. , rowspan=3 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1986. , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1988.Died. , rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , Apr 15, 1990 –
May 16, 1990 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 , 3 , rowspan=14 align=left nowrap , Daniel Akaka official photo

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 N ...

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, rowspan=14 nowrap , May 16, 1990 –
Jan 3, 2013 , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Matsunaga's term. Elected in 1990 to finish Matsunaga's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 7 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1992. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1998. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2000. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 9 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 2006.Retired. , rowspan=5 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 10 , Re-elected in 2010.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Dec 17, 2012 –
Dec 26, 2012 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Inouye's term. Elected in 2014 to finish Inouye's term. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Dec 26, 2012 –
present , rowspan=9 ,

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! rowspan=9 , 3 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 4 , rowspan=6 align=left nowrap , Mazie Hirono, official portrait, 113th Congress

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, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2013 –
present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2012. , rowspan=3 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 11 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , 13 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.

Living former senators

, there are no living former U.S. senators from Hawaii. The last living former senator and the most recently serving was

(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

External links

Members of Congress from Hawaii
govtrack.us
U.S. Senate members from Hawaii
civil.services {{Hawaii

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