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Daniel Kahikina Akaka (b. 1924) —
also known as Daniel K. Akaka —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
11, 1924.
Son of Kahikina Akaka and Annie (Kahoa) Akaka.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 1977-90; resigned 1990;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1990-; appointed 1990.
Congregationalist.
Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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Mazie K. Hirono (b. 1947) —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Fukushima, Japan,
November
3, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Hawaii
state house of representatives, 1981-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Hawaii, 1994-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii, 1996,
2000,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 2002; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2007-.
Female.
Buddhist.
Japanese ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Daniel Ken Inouye (b. 1924) —
also known as Daniel K. Inouye —
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
7, 1924.
Son of Hyotaro I. Inouye and Kame Imanaga Inouye.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1954-58; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1956;
member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii at-large, 1959-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1960,
1972,
1980,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Co-Chair, 1984;
U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1963-.
Methodist.
Japanese ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Lions.
Lost
his right arm as the result of a combat injury in Italy during
World War II. His Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded in 2000
to a Medal
of Honor. First
American of Japanese descent to serve in Congress.
Still living as of 2012.
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Robert Takeo Matsui (1941-2005) —
also known as Robert T. Matsui —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born in Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., September
17, 1941.
Son of Yasuji Matsui and Alice (Nagata) Matsui.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1979-2005 (3rd District 1979-93,
5th District 1993-2005); died in office 2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004.
Methodist.
Japanese ancestry. Member, Rotary; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of pneumonia
and myelodysplastic
syndrome, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
1, 2005 (age 63 years, 106
days).
Interment at East
Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Calif.
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