List of United States Senators from Hawaii

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


[edit] Class 1

# Senator Took office Left office Party Previous office Notes
1 Hiram Fong August 21, 1959 January 3, 1977 Republican Speaker of the Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives First to serve full six-years term
2 Spark Matsunaga January 3, 1977 April 15, 1990 Democratic United States Representative from 2nd district Died in office
3 Daniel Akaka May 16, 1990 Incumbent Democratic United States Representative from 2nd district Initially appointed to fill vacancy

[edit] Class 3

# Senator Took office Left office Party Previous office Notes
1 Oren E. Long August 21, 1959 January 3, 1963 Democratic Territorial Governor of Hawaii Did not seek re-election
2 Daniel Inouye January 3, 1963 Incumbent Democratic United States Representative from At-large district First elected for full six-years term
Currently third longest serving U.S. Senator

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