30th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

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30th Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature
29th Constitution of Hawaii
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Overview
Legislative body Hawaii Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction Territory of Hawaii, United States
Senate
Members25
President Herbert K. H. Lee
Vice PresidentMatsuki Arashiro
House of Representatives
Members51
Speaker Elmer F. Cravalho
Vice SpeakerHiram 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.

Contents

Legislative session

The session ran from February 18 until May 2, 1959. It passed 279 bills into law.

Senators

169
DemocraticRepublican
AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Ind Republican Vacant
End of previous legislature (1957) [3] 1203150
Begin (1959)1609250
Latest voting share
DistrictSenatorPartyCounty
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

3318
DemocraticRepublican
AffiliationParty
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Ind Republican Vacant
End of previous legislature (1957)18012300
Begin (1959)33018510
Latest voting share
DistrictRepresentativePartyCounty
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 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 L. 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 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

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References

  1. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Thirtieth Legislature - Regular Session 1959". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. "Records of the Legislature of the State of Hawaii" (PDF). Hawaii State Archives. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Ninth Legislature - Regular Session 1957". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

Notes

  1. 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.