Political party strength in Hawaii

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Hawaii:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows:

Kingdom of Hawaii

1810–1843

YearExecutive offices Legislature State Department
Monarch Prime Minister House of Nobles House of Rep. Agent
1810 Kamehameha I (NP)no such officeno such officesno such officesno such office
...
1818
1819 Kaʻahumanu (?)
1820 Kamehameha II (?) John Coffin Jones Jr. (?)
...
1824
1825 Kamehameha III (?)
...
1832
1833 Kīnaʻu (?)
...
1838
1839 Peter A. Brinsmade (?)
1840 Kekāuluohi (?)
...
1843

1843

Provisional Cession
Year Representative CommissionersDeputy Commissioner Agent
1843 George Paulet (NP) Duncan F. Mackay (NP)
and John E. Frere (NP)
Gerrit P. Judd (?)George Brown (?) Peter A. Brinsmade (?)
Richard D. Thomas (NP) John E. Frere (NP)

1843–1893

Year Kingdom Royal Elections
Monarch Prime Minister House of Nobles House of Rep. Commissioner Consul
1843 Kamehameha III (?) Kekāuluohi (?)George Brown (?) Peter A. Brinsmade (?)no such office
1844 Alexander G. Abell (?)
1845
1846 Keoni Ana (?)Anthony Ten Eyke (?) Joel Turrill (D)
1847
1848
1849Charles Eames (?)
1850 Luther Severance (W) Elisha H. Allen (W)
1851
1852
1853 David L. Gregg (D–IL) Benjamin F. Angel (D)
1854 Darius A. Ogden (D-NY)
1855 Kamehameha IV (?)
1856 Victoria Kamāmalu (?)
1857 Abner Pratt (?)
1858 James W. Borden (D–IN)
1859
1860no such office
1861 Thomas J. Dryer (W)
1862
1863 James McBride (R-OR)
1864 Kamehameha V (?) Kekūanaōʻa (?)
1865no such office
1866 Edward M. McCook (R-CO)
1867
1868
1869 Henry A. Peirce (?)
1870
1871
1872
1873 Lunalilo (Lu) Lunalilo (Lu), Kalaimamahu Dynasty
1874 Kalākaua (N), Kalākaua Dynasty
1875 Kalākaua (N)[ ? ]
1876
1877?N, 2Q, ?R, ?NP
[ ? ]
James M. Comly (R)
1878
1879[ ? ]
1880
1881?N, ?Q, ?R, ?NP
[ ? ]
1882 Walter M. Gibson (N) Rollin M. Daggett (R)
1883?N, 3Q, ?R, ?NP
[ ? ]
1884
188515N, 13IK [lower-alpha 1] George W. Merrill (?)
1886
1887no such office18N, 10IK
1888[ ? ][ ? ]
1889 John L. Stevens (R)
1890
189113R, 9NR, 2IK 14NR, 10R
1892 Liliʻuokalani (NP, NR cabinet)
189314R, 3NR, 2NL 12NL, 9R, 5NR, 3IK

Republic of Hawaii

President Vice President [lower-alpha 2] Senate House of Rep.
1893 Sanford B. Dole (R) William Chauncey Wilder (R) [1] no such bodies
1894no such office[ ? ][ ? ]
1895
1896
1897[ ? ][ ? ]
1898[ ? ][ ? ]

Territory of Hawaii

YearExecutive officesTerritorial Legislature Territorial delegate
Governor Sec. of Terr.Attorney GeneralTreasurer Senate House of Rep.
1898 Sanford B. Dole (R) [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4] no such officesno such office
1899Ernest A. Mott-Smith Henry E. Cooper Henry E. Cooper
1900Henry E. Cooper Edmund Pearson Dole Theodore F. Lansing 9HR, 6R 17HR, 9R, 4D Robert William Wilcox (HR) [2]
1901William H. Wright
1902
1903George R. Carter (R)A. N. Kepoikai10R, 4HR, 1D20R, 10HR Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (R)
1904 George R. Carter (R) [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 5] A. L. C. AtkinsonLorrin AndrewsA. J. Campbell
190514R, 1D28R, 1D, 1HR
1906Emil C. Peters
190712R, 2D, 1HR24R, 6HR
1908 Walter F. Frear (R) [lower-alpha 3] Ernest A. Mott-SmithCharles R. Hemenway
1909Charles Reed Hemenway9R, 4D, 2HR22R, 7D, 1HR
1910D. L. Conkling
1911Alexander Lindsay Jr.12R, 2HR, 1D28R, 2HR
1912
1913
18R, 15D, 2HR18R, 11D, 1HR
1914 Lucius E. Pinkham (D) [lower-alpha 3] Wade Warren ThayerWade Warren Thayer
1915 Ingram Stainback (D)Charles J. McCarthy (D)8R, 7D29R, 1D
1916
191712R, 3D24R, 6D
1918Curtis P. Iaukea
Charles J. McCarthy (D) [lower-alpha 3] Arthur G. SmithDelbert E. Metzger
1919Harry Irwin14R, 1D24R, 6D
1920
1921[ ? ]26R, 4D
1922 Wallace Rider Farrington (R) [lower-alpha 3] Raymond C. BrownA. Lewis Jr. Henry Alexander Baldwin (R)
1923John A. MatthewmanHenry C. Hapai15R, 0D29R, 1D [3] William Paul Jarrett (D)
1924
1925[ ? ]27R, 3D
1926William B. Lymer
192713R, 2D28R, 2D [4] Victor S. K. Houston (R)
1928Harry P. Hewitt
192914R, 1D27R, 3D [5]
1930 Lawrence M. Judd (R) [lower-alpha 3] E. S. Smith
193114R, 1D28R, 2D
1932
193311R, 4D20R, 10D Lincoln L. McCandless (D)
1934
Joseph Poindexter (D) [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 6] Arthur A. GreeneWilliam B. PittmanWilliam C. McGonagle
193510R, 5D23R, 7D Samuel Wilder King (R)
1936Charles Maner Hite
1937Samuel B. Kemp10R, 4D, 1I26R, 4D
1938
1939Joseph V. Hodgson12R, 3D27R, 3D
1940Norman D. Godbold Jr.
194112R, 3D27R, 3D
1942Ernest K. Kai
Ingram Stainback (D) [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 7] Ernest K. KaiJ. Garner Anthony
1943Walter D. Ackerman Jr.11R, 4D25R, 5D Joseph R. Farrington (R)
1944Gerald R. Corbett Cyrus Nils Tavares
19458R, 7D21R, 9D
1946Oren E. Long (D)Rhoda V. Lewis
1947Walter D. Ackerman Jr.Howard H. Adams8R, 7D15R, 15D [lower-alpha 8]
1948William B. Brown
19499R, 6D20R, 10D
1950
19519R, 6D21R, 9D
Oren E. Long (D) [lower-alpha 3] Frank G. SerraoHoward H. Adams
1952 Sakae Takahashi
1953Michiro WatanabeKam Tai Lee8R, 7D19R, 11D
Samuel Wilder King (R) [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 9] Farrant L. TurnerEdward N. Sylva
1954 Elizabeth P. Farrington (R)
19559D, 6R22D, 8R
1956Richard K. Sharpless
1957 Shiro Kashiwa 12D, 3R18D, 12R John A. Burns (D)
William F. Quinn (R) [lower-alpha 3] Herbert Choy
1958
1959Edward E. Johnston Jack Mizuha Raymond Y. C. Ho16D, 9R33D, 18R [6]

State of Hawaii

YearExecutive OfficesState LegislatureU.S. Congress Electoral votes
Governor Lieutenant Governor State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House District 1 U.S. House District 2
1959 William F. Quinn (R) James Kealoha (R)14R, 11D33D, 18R Hiram Fong (R) Oren E. Long (D) Daniel Inouye (D) [lower-alpha 10]
1960 John F. Kennedy/
Lyndon B. Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961
1962
1963 John A. Burns (D) William S. Richardson (D)15D, 10R40D, 11R Daniel Inouye (D) [lower-alpha 11] Thomas Gill (D) [lower-alpha 10] Spark Matsunaga (D) [lower-alpha 12]
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
196516D, 9R39D, 12R Patsy Mink (D) [lower-alpha 12]
1966
1967 Thomas Gill (D)15D, 10R
1968 Hubert Humphrey/
Edmund Muskie (D)Red x.svg
196938D, 13R
1970
1971 George Ariyoshi (D)17D, 8R34D, 17R
1972 Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R)Green check.svg
197335D, 16R
1974
1975 George Ariyoshi (D) Nelson Doi (D)34D, 17R
1976 Jimmy Carter/
Walter Mondale (D)Green check.svg
197741D, 10R Spark Matsunaga (D) [lower-alpha 11] Cecil Heftel (D) [lower-alpha 13] Daniel Akaka (D)
1978
1979 Jean King (D)18D, 7R42D, 9R
1980 Jimmy Carter/
Walter Mondale (D)Red x.svg
198117D, 8R39D, 12R
1982
1983 John D. Waiheʻe III (D)43D, 8R
1984 Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R)Green check.svg
198522D, 3R40D, 11R
1986
vacant
Neil Abercrombie (D) [lower-alpha 14]
1987 John D. Waiheʻe III (D) Ben Cayetano (D)20D, 5R Pat Saiki (R)
1988 Michael Dukakis/
Lloyd Bentsen (D)Red x.svg
198922D, 3R45D, 6R
1990
Daniel Akaka (D)vacant
1991 Neil Abercrombie (D) [lower-alpha 15] Patsy Mink (D)
1992 Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D)Green check.svg
199347D, 4R
1994
1995 Ben Cayetano (D) Mazie Hirono (D)23D, 2R44D, 7R
1996
199739D, 12R
1998
1999
2000 Al Gore/
Joe Lieberman (D)Red x.svg
200122D, 3R32D, 19R
2002
vacant
2003 Linda Lingle (R) Duke Aiona (R)20D, 5R36D, 15R Ed Case (D)
2004 John Kerry/
John Edwards (D)Red x.svg
200541D, 10R
2006
200743D, 8R Mazie Hirono (D)
2008 Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)Green check.svg
200923D, 2R45D, 6R
2010 Charles Djou (R)
2011 Neil Abercrombie (D) Brian Schatz (D)24D, 1R43D, 8R Colleen Hanabusa (D)
2012
2013 Shan Tsutsui (D) [lower-alpha 16] 44D, 7R Mazie Hirono (D) Brian Schatz (D) [lower-alpha 17] Tulsi Gabbard (D)
2014
2015 David Ige (D) Mark Takai (D) [lower-alpha 11]
2016 Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D)Red x.svg
201725D46D, 5R Colleen Hanabusa (D)
2018 Doug Chin (D) [lower-alpha 17]
2019 Josh Green (D)24D, 1R Ed Case (D)
2020 Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D)Green check.svg
202147D, 4R Kai Kahele (D)
2022
2023 Josh Green (D) Sylvia Luke (D)23D, 2R45D, 6R Jill Tokuda (D)
2024[ to be determined ]
  1. The House of Nobles and House of Representatives were merged into a 28-member body in 1864.
  2. The office of Vice-President was not carried over into the Republic of Hawaii. In case of the president's inability to govern (absence, death, or incapacitation) the Minister of Foreign Affairs would have become acting president. Previously, this would be the case if both the President and Vice-president were unable to govern.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Territorial governor appointed by the President of the United States.
  4. Resigned to take seat on the United States District Court for Hawaii Territory.
  5. Resigned; term was to have ended November 23, 1907.
  6. Remained in office for several months after his term expired until his successor was confirmed.
  7. Had little power until October 24, 1944, as his predecessor, Joseph Poindexter, had declared martial law on December 7, 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor, delegating executive authority to the military. During the period of military rule, the territory was governed by Lieutenant Generals Walter Short, Delos Emmons, and Robert C. Richardson, Jr.
  8. The House elected a Republican speaker, who broke ties.
  9. Resigned immediately when denied a second term by Eisenhower.
  10. 1 2 Elected at-large on a general ticket.
  11. 1 2 3 Died in office.
  12. 1 2 Elected at-large on a general ticket until districts were implemented beginning with the 1970 elections.
  13. Resigned to run for Governor.
  14. Elected in special election to complete term of Heftel, who resigned to run for governor.
  15. Resigned to run for Governor.
  16. Resigned.
  17. 1 2 Appointed to fill a vacancy.

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