30th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

Session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature

30th 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| 25
President| Herbert K. H. Lee
Vice President| Matsuki Arashiro
House of Representatives
Members| 51
Speaker| Elmer F. Cravalho
Vice Speaker| Hiram 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.

## Legislative session

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

## Senators

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16 | 9
Democratic | Republican
Affiliation  | Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

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Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant
End of previous legislature (1957)[3] | 12  | 0  | 3  | 15  | 0
Begin (1959)  | 16  | 0  | 9  | 25  | 0
Latest voting share  | 64%  | 36%  |
District | Senator | Party | County

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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

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33 | 18
Democratic | Republican
Affiliation  | Party

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Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant
End of previous legislature (1957)  | 18  | 0  | 12  | 30  | 0
Begin (1959)  | 33  | 0  | 18  | 51  | 0
Latest voting share  | 64.7%  | 35.3%  |
District | Representative | Party | County

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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

## References

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

## Notes

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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.

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Hawaii legislative sessions by year convened

Territorial legislatures|

* 16th (1931)
* 17th (1933)
* 18th (1935)
* 19th (1937)
* 20th (1939)
* 21st (1941)
* 22nd (1943)
* 23rd (1945)
* 24th (1947)
* 25th (1949)
* 26th (1951)
* 27th (1953)
* 28th (1955)
* 29th (1957)
* 30th (1959)

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* 29th (2016)
* 30th (2018)
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* 32nd (2022)

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