| 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. This was the final session which comprised 15 senators and 30 representatives.
Legislative session
The session ran from February 20 until May 7, 1957. It passed 322 bills into law.
Senators
| ↓ | ||
| 12 | 3 | |
| Democratic | Republican | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ind | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1956) | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1957) | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 80% | 20% | |||
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| ↓ | ||
| 18 | 12 | |
| Democratic | Republican | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Ninth Legislature - Regular Session 1957". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Ninth Legislature - Regular Session 1957". LLMC Digital. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Eighth Legislature - Special Session 1956". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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