28th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

Session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature

28th 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| William H. Heen
Vice President| William J. Nobriga
House of Representatives
Members| 30
Speaker| Charles E. Kauhane
Vice Speaker| Elmer F. Cravalho

The Twenty-Eighth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955.[1] The majority of members of this Legislature were elected during the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954.

## Legislative sessions

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The session ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955. It passed 277 bills into law.[2]

A special session ran from September 17 until September 25, 1956. It passed two bills into law, including Act 2, which provided compensation for public school officials.[3]

## Senators

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9 | 6
Democratic | Republican
Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

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Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant
End of previous legislature (1954)[4] | 7  | 0  | 8  | 15  | 0
Begin (1955)  | 9  | 0  | 6  | 15  | 0
Latest voting share  | 60%  | 40%  |
District | Senator | Party | County | Address

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1  | Kazuhisa Abe | D  | Hawaiʻi | Hilo
Nelson K. Doi | D
William H. Hill  | R
William J. Nobriga  | D
2  | Toshio Ansai  | R  | Maui | Wailuku
John Gomes Duarte  | D
Dee Duponte | D
3  | Benjamin F. Dillingham | R  | Oahu | Honolulu
William H. Heen  | D
Joseph R. Itagaki  | R
Herbert K. H. Lee  | D
Sakae Takahashi | D
Wilfred C. Tsukiyama | R
4  | John B. Fernandes  | D  | Kauaʻi | Kapaa
Noboru Miyake | R  | Waimea

## House of Representatives

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22 | 8
Democratic | Republican
Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

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Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant
End of previous legislature (1954)  | 11  | 0  | 19  | 30  | 0
Begin (1955)  | 22  | 0  | 8  | 30  | 0
Latest voting share  | 73.3%  | 26.7%  |
District | Representative | Party | County | Address

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1  | Peter A. Aduja  | R  | Hawaiʻi | Hilo
Joseph R. Garcia, Jr.  | R  | Hakalau
Stanley Ikuo Hara  | D  | Hilo
Raymond M. Kobayashi  | D
2  | Robert L. Hind, Jr.  | R  | Hookena
Sumio Nakashima  | D  | Holualoa
Akoni Pule  | D  | Halaula
Esther K. Richardson | R  | Kealakekua
3  | Elmer F. Cravalho  | D  | Maui | Waiakoa
Robert Nobuichi Kimura  | D  | Wailuku
E. P. Lydgate  | R  | Makawao
Manuel Gomes Paschoal  | R  | Wailuku
David K. Trask, Jr. | D  | Kahului
Nadao Yoshinaga | D  | Wailuku
4  | Masato Doi  | D  | Oahu | Honolulu
Daniel K. Inouye | D
Anna Furtado Kahanumoku  | D
Russell Katsuhiro Kono  | D
Spark M. Matsunaga | D
Hebden Porteus  | R
5  | George R. Ariyoshi | D  | Honolulu
O. Vincent Esposito | D
Yasutaka Fukushima  | R  | Wahiawa
Charles E. Kauhane | D  | Honolulu
Philip P. Minn  | D
Steere G. Noda | D
6  | William E. Fernandes  | D  | Kauai | Kapaa
Manuel S. Henriques  | D
Toshio Serizawa  | D  | Lihue
Toshiharu Yama  | D

## References

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1. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Eighth Legislature - Regular Session 1955". LLMC Digital. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
2. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Eighth Legislature - Regular Session 1955". LLMC Digital. p. 27. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
3. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Eighth Legislature - Special Session 1956". LLMC Digital. p. 8. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
4. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Seventh Legislature - Special Session 1954". LLMC Digital. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

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