29th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

Session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature

29th 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| Dee Duponte
House of Representatives
Members| 30
Speaker| O. Vincent Esposito
Vice Speaker| Raymond M. Kobayashi

The Twenty-Ninth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 20 until May 7, 1957.[1] This was the final session which comprised 15 senators and 30 representatives.

## Legislative session

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The session ran from February 20 until May 7, 1957. It passed 322 bills into law.[2]

## Senators

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12 | 3
Democratic | Republican
Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

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Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant
End of previous legislature (1956)[3] | 9  | 0  | 6  | 15  | 0
Begin (1957)  | 12  | 0  | 3  | 15  | 0
Latest voting share  | 80%  | 20%  |
District | Senator | Party | County | Address

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1  | Kazuhisa Abe | D  | Hawaiʻi | Hilo
Nelson K. Doi | D
William H. Hill  | R
Tom Okino  | D
2  | John Gomes Duarte  | D  | Maui | Wailuku
Dee Duponte | D
George S. Fukuoka  | D
3  | William H. Heen  | D  | Oahu | Honolulu
Mitsuyuki Kido  | D
Herbert K. H. Lee  | D
Oren E. Long | 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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18 | 12
Democratic | Republican
Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

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Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant
End of previous legislature (1956)  | 22  | 0  | 8  | 30  | 0
Begin (1957)  | 18  | 0  | 12  | 30  | 0
Latest voting share  | 60%  | 40%  |
District | Representative | Party | County | Address

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1  | Stafford L. Austin  | R  | Hawaiʻi | Hilo
Stanley Ikuo Hara  | D
Raymond M. Kobayashi  | D
Mark Norman Olds  | D
2  | Bernard G. Kinney  | R  | Kamuela
Sumio Nakashima  | D  | Kealakekua
Akoni Pule  | D  | Halaula
Thomas T. Toguchi  | R  | Naalehu
3  | Ray F. Adams  | D  | Maui | Wailuku
Marquis F. Calmes  | R  | Kahului
Elmer F. Cravalho  | D  | Kula
E. P. Lydgate  | R  | Paia
Bernard Hiroshi Tokunaga  | R  | Kahului
Nadao Yoshinaga | D  | Wailuku
4  | Webley Edwards  | R  | Oahu | Honolulu
Daniel K. Inouye | D
Anna Furtado Kahanumoku  | D
Spark M. Matsunaga | D
Hebden Porteus  | R
J. Ward Russell  | R
5  | George R. Ariyoshi | D  | Honolulu
O. Vincent Esposito | D
Yasutaka Fukushima  | R  | Wahiawa
Patsy Takemoto Mink | D  | Honolulu
Philip Minn  | D
Steere G. Noda | D
6  | Mutt Arashiro  | D  | Kauai | Kalaheo
Jack Bertrand  | R  | Lihue
Manuel Souza Henriques  | D  | Kapaa
Yoshiichi Yoshida  | R

## References

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1. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Ninth Legislature - Regular Session 1957". LLMC Digital. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
2. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Ninth Legislature - Regular Session 1957". LLMC Digital. pp. 8–9. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
3. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Eighth Legislature - Special Session 1956". LLMC Digital. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

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* 16th (1931)
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