List of United States Senators from Hawaii

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

Class 1[edit]

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 Party Tenure Congress Term Electoral history
1 Hiram Fong.jpg Hiram Fong Republican August 21, 1959 –
January 3, 1977
86 1 Elected in 1959
87
88
89 2 Re-elected in 1964
90
91
92 3 Re-elected in 1970

Retired
93
94
2 Spark Matsunaga.jpg Spark Matsunaga Democratic January 3, 1977 –
April 15, 1990
95 4 Elected in 1976
96
97
98 5 Re-elected in 1982
99
100
101 6 Re-elected in 1988

Died
Vacant April 15, 1990 –
May 16, 1990
3 Daniel Akaka official photo.jpg Daniel Akaka Democratic May 16, 1990 –
January 3, 2013
101
(Continued)
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

Retired
111
112
4 Mazie Hirono, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg Mazie Hirono Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present
113 10 Elected in 2012
114
115

Class 3[edit]

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 Party Tenure Congress Term Electoral history
1 Oren Ethelbirt Long.jpg Oren E. Long Democratic August 21, 1959 –
January 3, 1963
86 1 Elected in 1959

Retired
87
2 Daniel Inouye, official Senate photo portrait, 2008.jpg Daniel Inouye Democratic January 3, 1963 –
December 17, 2012
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

Died
Vacant December 17, 2012 –
December 26, 2012
3 Brian Schatz, official portrait, 113th Congress 2.jpg Brian Schatz Democratic December 26, 2012 –
Present
112
(Continued)
Appointed to continue Inouye's term
113

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