20th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

20th Hawaiʻi 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	15
President	George P. Cooke
Vice President	Eugene H. Beebe
House of Representatives
Members	30
Speaker	Roy A. Vitousek
Vice Speaker	Emil M. Muller

The Twentieth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 15 until April 26, 1939.

Legislative session

The session ran from February 15 until April 26, 1939. It passed 264 bills into law. ^[1]

Senators

↓
11	1	3
Republican	Independent	Democratic

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Republican	Ind	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature (1937) [2]	10	1	4	15	0
Begin (1939)	11	1	3	15	0
Latest voting share	73.3%	6.7%	20%

District	Senator	Party	County	Address
1	Sarah Todd Cunningham	R	Hawaiʻi	Hilo
	William H. Hill	R
	James Kealoha [note 1] [3]	R
	Charles H. Silva	R		Kohala
2	George P. Cooke [note 2]	R	Maui	Kaunakakai (Molokai)
	Clarence A. Crozier	NP		Wailuku
	Harry H. Holt	R		Wailuku
3	Eugene H. Beebe	R	Oahu	Honolulu
	Francis H. Ii Brown	R
	Joseph R. Farrington	R
	William H. Heen	D
	Francis K. Sylva [note 3] [4]	R
	David K. Trask	D		Kaneohe
4	John B. Fernandes	D	Kauaʻi	Kapaa
	Elsie H. Wilcox	R		Lihue

House of Representatives

↓
28	2
Republican	Democratic

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Republican	Ind	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature (1937)	26	0	4	30	0
Begin (1939)	28	0	2	30	0
Latest voting share	93.3%		6.7%

District	Representative	Party	County	Address
1	V. A. Carvalho	R	Hawaiʻi	Hilo
	August Costa, Jr.	R
	Albert Kazuo Kimura	R
	Henry Lai Hipp	R
2	Arthur A. Akina	R		Kamuela
	James Ako	R		Kailua
	Francis K. Aona	R		Kealakekua
	Robert L. Wilhelm	R		Naalehu
3	Edward Baker	R	Maui	Makawao
	William H. Engle	R		Kahului
	Reuben Goodness	R		Wailuku
	Emil M. Muller	R		Wailuku
	Manuel G. Paschoal	R		Puʻunēnē
	Henry P. Robinson, Jr.	R		Lahaina
4	Flora Kaai Hayes	R	Oahu	Honolulu
	Richard King Kimball	R
	Walter K. Macfarlane	R
	Roy A. Vitousek	R
	Ralph E. Woolley	R
	J. Howard Worrall	R
5	Henry C. Akina	R		Honolulu
	George M. Eguchi	R
	Hiram L. Fong	R
	George H. Holt, Jr.	D		Waianae
	Kam Tai Lee	R		Honolulu
	Bina Mossmann	R
6	Clement Gomes	R	Kauai	Lihue
	Thomas Ouye	R
	Fred L. Schumacher	D
	William H. Wright	R		Waimea

References

1. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature – Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. p. 25. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
2. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Nineteenth Legislature – Regular Session 1937". LLMC Digital. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
3. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature – Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
4. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature – Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2022.

Notes

1. Kealoha filled the vacancy caused by the death of Senator James Campsie.
2. Cooke was a resident of the island of Molokai which is a constituent island of the County of Maui.
3. F.K. Sylva filled the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Joseph L. Sylva.