List of United States senators from Hawaii
Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959 and elects U.S. senators to Classes 1 and 3. Seven people including only one Republican have served as a U.S. senator from Hawaii. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono. Hawaii's Class 1 seat is the only in the United States that has always been held by an ethnic minority. Hawaii last elected a Republican in 1970, which has resulted in the longest streak in the nation for a state's having all-Democratic senators.
List of senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for three Congresses in the state's first elections in 1959. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle who were elected for two Congresses in the state's first elections in 1959. The seat in recent years has been contested in 2004, 2010, with a special election in 2014, and 2016. The next election for the seat will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Hiram Fong |
Republican | August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1977 |
Elected in 1959. | 1 | 86th | 1 | Elected in 1959. Retired. |
August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
Democratic | Oren E. Long |
1 |
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 2 | Elected in 1962. | January 3, 1963 – December 17, 2012 |
Democratic | Daniel Inouye |
2 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 2 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 3 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. Retired. |
3 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
94th | 4 | Re-elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
2 | Spark Matsunaga |
Democratic | January 3, 1977 – April 15, 1990 |
Elected in 1976. | 4 | 95th | ||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 5 | Re-elected in 1980. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. | 5 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 6 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1988. Died. |
6 | 101st | ||||||||||
Vacant | April 15, 1990 – May 16, 1990 |
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3 | Daniel Akaka |
Democratic | May 16, 1990 – January 3, 2013 |
Appointed to continue Matsunaga's term. Elected to finish Matsunaga's term. | ||||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 7 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 7 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 8 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 8 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 9 | Re-elected in 2004. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Retired. |
9 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 10 | Re-elected in 2010. Died. | ||||||||||
December 17, 2012 – December 26, 2012 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Inouye's term. Elected to finish Inouye's term. |
December 26, 2012 – Present |
Democratic | Brian Schatz |
3 | ||||||||
4 | Mazie Hirono |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Elected in 2012. | 10 | 113th | ||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 11 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 11 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 12 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 12 | 119th | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. senators from Hawaii
As of January 2021, there are no living former U.S. senators from Hawaii. The last living former senator and the most recently serving was Daniel Akaka (served 1990–2013), who died April 6, 2018.
See also
External links
- Members of Congress from Hawaii, govtrack.us
- U.S. Senate members from Hawaii, civil.services