List of United States Senators from Hawaii

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List of United States Senators from Hawaii

Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959.

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for three Congresses in the state's first election of 1959 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.

# Senator Years Party Residence Background Congress Term Electoral history
1 Hiram Fong Fong.jpg August 21, 1959 –
January 3, 1977		 Republican Kahaluu Speaker of the Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives 86 1 Elected
87
88
89 2 Re-elected in 1964
90
91
92 3 Re-elected in 1970

Retired
93
94
2 Spark Matsunaga
Spark Matsunaga.jpg

 January 3, 1977 –
April 15, 1990		 Democratic Kukuiula Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 95 4 Elected in 1976
96
97
98 5 Re-elected in 1982
99
100

101

 6 Re-elected in 1988

Died
April 15, 1990 –
May 16, 1990
3 Daniel Akaka DanielAkaka.jpg May 16, 1990 –
Present		 Democratic Honolulu Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Appointed to continue Matsunaga's term
Elected to finish Matsunaga's term
102
103
104 7 Elected to full term in 1994
105
106
107 8 Re-elected in 2000
108
109
110 9 Re-elected in 2006
111
112

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for two Congresses in the state's first election of 1959 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1992, 1998, 2004, and 2010.

# Senator Years Party Residence Background Congress Term Electoral history
1 Oren E. Long Oren Ethelbirt Long.jpg August 21, 1959 –
January 3, 1963		 Democratic Honolulu Territorial Governor of Hawaii 86 1 Elected in 1959

Retired
87
2 Daniel Inouye Daniel Inouye, official Senate photo portrait, 2008.jpg January 3, 1963 –
Present		 Democratic Honolulu Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 88 2 Elected in 1962
89
90
91 3 Re-elected in 1968
92
93
94 4 Re-elected in 1974
95
96
97 5 Re-elected in 1980
98
99
100 6 Re-elected in 1986
101
102
103 7 Re-elected in 1992
104
105
106 8 Re-elected in 1998
107
108
109 9 Re-elected in 2004
110
111
112 10 Re-elected in 2010

See also

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