List of United States senators from Hawaii
Appearance
Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959. Hawaii's senators belong to classes 1 and 3. Only seven people have served as U.S. Senator in the state's history. Its current senators are Democrats Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz.
List of Senators
Class 1Class 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, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. | C | Class 3Class 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. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 11 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 12 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Hawaii
As of October 2016[update], there is one former U.S. Senator from the U.S. State of Hawaii who is currently living, from Class 1. The most recent senator to die was Daniel Inouye of Class 3 (1963–2012), who died in office on December 17, 2012. The most recent class 1 senator to die was Hiram Fong (1959–1977) on August 18, 2004. The most recently serving Class 1 senator to die was Spark Matsunaga (1977–1990), who died in office on April 15, 1990.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Daniel Akaka | 1990–2013 | 1 | September 11, 1924 |