26th Hawaii Territorial Legislature explained

Number:26th
Imagename:Seal of the Territory of Hawaii
Senators:15
President:Wilfred C. Tsukiyama
Vice-President:Thelma Akana Harrison
Reps:30
Speaker:Hiram L. Fong
Vice-Speaker:Hebden Porteus
Previous:25th
Next:27th

The Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 21 until May 19, 1951.[1]

Legislative session

The session ran from February 21 until May 19, 1951. It passed 326 bills into law.[2]

Senators

96
RepublicanDemocratic
AffiliationParty

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
RepublicanIndDemocraticVacant
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of previous legislature (1950)[3] 906150
nowrap style="font-size:80%"Begin (1951)906150
Latest voting share
District Senator Party County Address
1Eugene S. CapellasRHawaiʻiHilo
William H. HillR
William J. NobrigaR
Tom T. OkinoD
2Toshio AnsaiRMauiWailuku
Wendell F. CrockettR
John Gomes DuarteD
3Benjamin F. DillinghamROahuHonolulu
Thelma Akana HarrisonR
William H. HeenD
Herbert K. H. LeeD
Mary K. RobinsonR
Wilfred C. TsukiyamaR
4Manuel R. Aguiar, Jr.DKauaŹ»iKapaa
John B. FernandesD

House of Representatives

219
RepublicanDemocratic
AffiliationParty

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
RepublicanIndDemocraticVacant
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of previous legislature (1950)20010300
nowrap style="font-size:80%"Begin (1951)2109300
Latest voting share
District Representative Party County Address
1Joseph R. Garcia, Jr.RHawaiʻiHakalau
Peter N. Pakele, Jr.RHilo
Thomas T. SakakiharaR
Joseph Takao YamauchiR
2Robert L. Hind, Jr.RHolualoa
Earl A. NielsenDKealakekua
Esther K. RichardsonR
Julian R. Yates, Sr.R
3Dee DuponteDMauiWailuku
Kaneo KishimotoD
E. P. LydgateRPaia
Manuel Gomes PaschoalRWailuku
Clarence K. SeongD
Richard St. SureRPaia
4Flora Kaai HayesROahuHonolulu
Jack P. KingR
Walter F. McGuireR
Hebden PorteusR
J. Ward RussellR
Russell StarrR
5O. Vincent EspositoDHonolulu
Hiram L. FongR
Yasutaka FukushimaRWahiawa
Mitsuyuki KidoDHonolulu
Steere G. NodaD
Clarence Y. ShimamuraR
6Manuel Souza HenriquesDKauaiKapaa
William W. Y. LeongD
Noboru MiyakeRLihue
Wallace OtsukaR

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Sixth Legislature - Regular Session 1951. LLMC Digital. 9 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Sixth Legislature - Regular Session 1951. 8. LLMC Digital. 9 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Fifth Legislature - Special Session 1950. LLMC Digital. 9 March 2021.