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  Frederick Hobbes Allen (1858-1937) — also known as Frederick H. Allen — of Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, May 30, 1858. Son of Elisha Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod (Hobbes) Allen. Democrat. Lawyer; economist; village president of Pelham Manor, N.Y., 1904-06; chair of Westchester County Democratic Party, 1904-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1908, 1920 (alternate); served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Episcopalian. Member, Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the Revolution; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars. Died, from pneumonia, in Newport Hospital, Newport, Newport County, R.I., December 3, 1937 (age 79 years, 187 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 30, 1892, to Adele Livingston Stevens. See Allen family of Massachusetts.
  Toshio Ansai (1908-1992) — of Wailuku, Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii. Born in Wailuku, Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, January 5, 1908. Son of Kumataro Ansai and Kesayo (Kuroda) Ansai. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Hawaii territorial senate, 1948-56; member of Hawaii state senate, 1962-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, 1964; Presidential Elector for Hawaii, 1972. Catholic. Japanese ancestry. Member, Disabled American Veterans; American Legion. Died April 28, 1992 (age 84 years, 114 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 24, 1929, to Ruth Harimoto.
  Sau Yee Chang (1896-1990) — of Lihue, Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii. Born in Hanapepe, Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii, November 19, 1896. Republican. Dentist; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1948, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, 1960. Congregationalist. Chinese ancestry. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; American Dental Association. Died September 13, 1990 (age 93 years, 298 days). Burial location unknown.
  Benjamin Franklin Dillingham II (b. 1916) — also known as Ben Dillingham II — of Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, October 14, 1916. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate for U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 1962; member of Republican National Committee from Hawaii, 1963-67; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 1974. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons. Still living as of 1974.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Frank Francis Fasi (b. 1920) — also known as Frank F. Fasi — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in East Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., August 27, 1920. Son of Carmelo Fasi and Josephine (Lupo) Fasi. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; candidate for Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, 1950; member of Democratic National Committee from Hawaii Territory, 1952-56; member of Hawaii territorial senate, 1958-59; Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 1959; candidate for U.S. Representative from Hawaii, 1962 (Democratic primary), 2003 (Republican); mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969-81, 1985-94; defeated, 1952 (Democratic primary), 1954 (Democratic), 1960 (Democratic), 1980 (Democratic); resigned 1994; defeated, 1996 (Republican), 2000 (Republican); candidate for Governor of Hawaii, 1974 (Democratic primary), 1978 (Democratic primary), 1982, 1994, 1998 (Republican primary). Catholic. Member, Sigma Nu; Rotary; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Still living as of 2003.
  Relatives: Married, May 25, 1958, to Joyce Miyeku Kono.
  Cross-reference: Mason Altiery
  Hiram Leong Fong (1906-2004) — also known as Hiram L. Fong; Yao Leong Fong — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, October 15, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Herbert Y. C. Choy; member of Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, 1939-54; Speaker of Hawaii Territory House of Representatives, 1949-54; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1952, 1956; U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, 1960, 1964 (delegation chair), 1972 (delegation chair). Congregationalist. Chinese ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions. Died in Kahaluu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, August 18, 2004 (age 97 years, 308 days). Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Charles McClung (b. 1926) — also known as David C. McClung — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., September 22, 1926. Son of John William McClung and Daisy (Knight) McClung. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, 1958-59; member of Hawaii state house of representatives, 1959-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1960, 1980; member of Hawaii state senate, 1967-70; Hawaii Democratic state chair, 1968-70. Member, American Legion; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Kappa Psi. Still living as of 1980.
  Relatives: Married, October 29, 1948, to Mildred Kim Tai Fong.

 

 


 
   
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