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U.S. Senate seat, Hawaii (class 1)

5 members have held this seat since Jan 7, 1959. Now: Mazie K. Hirono D.

Holders
5
3 D · 2 R
Longest tenure
23 years
Daniel K. Akaka
Current
14 years
Mazie K. Hirono, since Jan 3, 2013
history/seat/hi-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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1960197019801990200020102020Hiram Leong Fong · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanHiram Leong Fong · 1971-01-21 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanSpark Masayuki Matsunaga · 1977-01-04 – 1990-04-16 · DemocratDaniel K. Akaka · 1990-05-16 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratMazie K. Hirono · 2013-01-03 – present · Democrat
Mazie K. Hirono D
Jan 3, 2013 – present · 14 years
Daniel K. Akaka D
May 16, 1990 – Jan 4, 2013 · 23 years
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D
Jan 4, 1977 – Apr 16, 1990 · 13 years
Hiram Leong Fong R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1977 · 6 years
Hiram Leong Fong R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.