List of United States Senators from Hawaii

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 1

Class 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.

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Class 3

Class 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 1998, 2004, and 2010, and a special election in 2014. The next election will be in 2016.

# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T
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1
Hiram Fong
Republican August 21, 1959 –
January 3, 1977
Elected in 1959. 1 86th Congress 1 Elected in 1959.
Retired.
August 21, 1959 –
January 3, 1963
Democratic
Oren E. Long
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87th Congress
88th Congress 2 Elected in 1962. January 3, 1963 –
December 17, 2012
Democratic
Daniel Inouye
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Re-elected in 1964. 2 89th Congress
90th Congress
91st Congress 3 Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Retired.
3 92nd Congress
93rd Congress
94th Congress 4 Re-elected in 1974.
2
Spark Matsunaga
Democratic January 3, 1977 –
April 15, 1990
Elected in 1976 4 95th Congress
96th Congress
97th Congress 5 Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982. 5 98th Congress
99th Congress
100th Congress 6 Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Died.
6 101st Congress
Vacant April 15, 1990 –
May 16, 1990
 
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Daniel Akaka
Democratic May 16, 1990 –
January 3, 2013
Appointed to continue Matsunaga's term.
Elected to finish Matsunaga's term.
102nd Congress
103rd Congress 7 Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994 7 104th Congress
105th Congress
106th Congress 8 Re-elected in 1998
Re-elected in 2000. 8 107th Congress
108th Congress
109th Congress 9 Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Retired.
9 110th Congress
111th Congress
112th Congress 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
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present
Elected in 2012 10 113th Congress
114th Congress
115th Congress 11 To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election. 11 116th Congress
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Class 1 Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Hawaii

As of April 2015, there is one former U.S. Senator from the U.S. State of Hawaii who is currently living at this time, one from Class 1.

Senator Term of office Class Date of birth (and age)
Daniel Akaka 1990–2013 1 September 11, 1924

See also

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