| 30th Hawaii Territorial Legislature | |||||
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 Seal of the Territory of Hawaii | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Hawaii Territorial Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Territory of Hawaii, United States | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 25 | ||||
| President | Herbert K. H. Lee | ||||
| Vice President | Matsuki Arashiro | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 51 | ||||
| Speaker | Elmer F. Cravalho | ||||
| Vice Speaker | Hiram K. Kamaka | ||||
The Thirtieth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was the final session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 18 until May 2, 1959.[1][2] This was the first session to comprise 25 senators and 51 representatives, avoiding potential equal representation which occurred in the House of Representatives during the 24th Hawaii Territorial Legislature.
Legislative session
The session ran from February 18 until May 2, 1959. It passed 279 bills into law.
Senators
| ↓ | ||
| 16 | 9 | |
| Democratic | Republican | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1957)[3] | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1959) | 16 | 0 | 9 | 25 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 64% | 36% | |||
| District | Senator | Party | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazuhisa Abe | D | Hawaiʻi |
| Nelson K. Doi | D | ||
| William H. Hill | R | ||
| Richard J. Lyman, Jr. | R | ||
| Tom Okino | D | ||
| 2 | Bernard G Kinney | R | |
| Julian R. Yates, Sr. | R | ||
| 3 | John G. Duarte | D | Maui |
| George Fukuoka | D | ||
| Herbert C. Jackson | R | ||
| Thomas S. Ogata | D | ||
| Nadao Yoshinaga | D | ||
| 4 | Daniel K. Inouye | D | Oahu |
| Mitsuyuki Kido | D | ||
| Herbert K. H Lee | D | ||
| Oren E. Long | D | ||
| Hebden Porteus | R | ||
| 5 | George R. Ariyoshi | D | |
| Frank F. Fasi | D | ||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | D | ||
| Sakae Takahashi | D | ||
| Wilfred C Tsukiyama | R | ||
| 6 | Matsuki Arashiro | D | Kauaʻi |
| Francis M F. Ching | R | ||
| Noboru Miyake | R | ||
House of Representatives
| ↓ | ||
| 33 | 18 | |
| Democratic | Republican | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1957) | 18 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1959) | 33 | 0 | 18 | 51 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 64.7% | 35.3% | |||
| District | Representative | Party | County |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Katsumi Suwa | D | Hawaiʻi |
| 2 | Stafford L. Austin | R | |
| Joseph R. Garcia, Jr. | R | ||
| Stanley Ikuo Hara | D | ||
| Raymond M. Kobayashi | D | ||
| 3 | Yoshito Takamine | D | |
| 4 | Takeshi Kudo | D | |
| 5 | Akoni Pule | D | |
| 6 (Lānaʻi) | Pedro Dela Cruz | D | Maui |
| 7 | Ray F. Adams | D | |
| Elmer F. Cravalho | D | ||
| John E. Milligan | R | ||
| Bernard Hiroshi Tokunaga | R | ||
| David K. Trask, Jr. | D | ||
| 8 | Albert Evenson[note 1] | R | Oahu |
| Hiram K. Kamaka | D | ||
| 9 | Yasutaka Fukushima | R | |
| John C. Lanham | D | ||
| 10 | Bernaldo D. Bicoy | D | |
| George Makoto Okano | D | ||
| 11 | Charles E. Kauhane | D | |
| Akira Sakima | D | ||
| James H. Wakatsuki | D | ||
| 12 | Clarence W. H. Fong | R | |
| Sidney I. Hashimoto | D | ||
| Robert Eijin Teruya | R | ||
| 13 | Sakae Amano | D | |
| Robert W. B. Chang | D | ||
| Donald D. H. Ching | D | ||
| 14 | Walter Harada | D | |
| Flora K. Hayes | R | ||
| David C. McClung | D | ||
| Howard Y. Miyake | D | ||
| Wadsworth Yee | R | ||
| 15 | Dorothy Devereux | R | |
| O. Vincent Esposito | D | ||
| Thomas P. Gill | D | ||
| J. Ward Russell | R | ||
| James Yozo Shigemura | D | ||
| J. Howard Worrall | R | ||
| 16 | Tadao Beppu | D | |
| Walter M. Heen | D | ||
| Hiroshi Kato | D | ||
| Spark M. Matsunaga | D | ||
| 17 | Webley Edwards | R | |
| Frank C. Judd | R | ||
| Ambrose J. Rosehill | R | ||
| 18 | Allan H. Ezell | D | Kauaʻi |
| Manuel S. Henriques | D | ||
| Clinton I. Shiraishi | R | ||
| Yoshiichi Yoshida | R | ||
References
- ↑ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Thirtieth Legislature - Regular Session 1959". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ↑ "Records of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii" (PDF). Hawaii State Archives. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ↑ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Ninth Legislature - Regular Session 1957". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
Notes
- ↑ Elected at special election held April 25, 1959, to fill vacancy caused by death of the Honorable Representative Samuel W. King, who was elected at general election held November 4, 1958.
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