Political party strength in Hawaii explained

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Hawaii:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows:

Kingdom of Hawaii

1810–1843

YearExecutive officesLegislatureState Department
MonarchPrime MinisterHouse of NoblesHouse of Rep.Agent
1810Kamehameha I (NP)no such officeno such officesno such officesno such office
...
1818
1819Kaʻahumanu (?)
1820Kamehameha II (?)John Coffin Jones Jr. (?)
...
1824
1825Kamehameha III (?)
...
1832
1833Kīnaʻu (?)
...
1838
1839Peter A. Brinsmade (?)
1840Kekāuluohi (?)
...
1843

1843

Provisional Cession
YearRepresentativeCommissionersDeputyCommissionerAgent
1843George Paulet (NP)Duncan F. Mackay (NP)
and John E. Frere (NP)		Gerrit P. Judd (?)George Brown (?)Peter A. Brinsmade (?)
Richard D. Thomas (NP)John E. Frere (NP)

1843–1893

Year KingdomRoyal Elections
class=unsortable Monarch!class=unsortable Prime Minister!class=unsortable House of Nobles!class=unsortable House of Rep.!CommissionerConsul
1843Kamehameha III (?)Kekāuluohi (?)George Brown (?)Peter A. Brinsmade (?)no such office
1844Alexander G. Abell (?)
1845
1846Keoni Ana (?)Anthony Ten Eyke (?) rowspan=4 colspan=2Joel Turrill (D)
1847
1848
1849Charles Eames (?)
1850 rowspan=3 colspan=2Luther Severance (W) rowspan=3 colspan=2Elisha H. Allen (W)
1851
1852
1853David L. Gregg (D–IL)Benjamin F. Angel (D)
1854Darius A. Ogden (D-NY)
1855Kamehameha IV (?)
1856Victoria Kamāmalu (?)
1857Abner Pratt (?)
1858James W. Borden (D–IN)
1859
1860no such office
1861 rowspan=2 colspan=2Thomas J. Dryer (W)
1862
1863 rowspan=3 colspan=2James McBride (R-OR)
1864Kamehameha V (?)Kekūanaōʻa (?)
1865no such office
1866 rowspan=3 colspan=2Edward M. McCook (R-CO)
1867
1868
1869Henry A. Peirce (?)
1870
1871
1872
1873Lunalilo (Lu)Lunalilo (Lu), Kalaimamahu Dynasty
1874Kalākaua (N), Kalākaua Dynasty
1875Kalākaua (N)
1876
1877?N, 2Q, ?R, ?NP
James M. Comly (R)
1878
1879
1880
1881?N, ?Q, ?R, ?NP
1882Walter M. Gibson (N)Rollin M. Daggett (R)
1883?N, 3Q, ?R, ?NP
1884
188515N, 13IKGeorge W. Merrill (?)
1886
1887no such office18N, 10IK
1888
1889John L. Stevens (R)
1890
189113R, 9NR, 2IK14NR, 10R
1892Liliʻuokalani (NP, NR cabinet)
189314R, 3NR, 2NL12NL, 9R, 5NR, 3IK

Republic of Hawaii

PresidentVice PresidentSenateHouse of Rep.
1893Sanford B. Dole (R)William Chauncey Wilder (R)[1] no such bodies
1894no such office
1895
1896
1897
1898

Territory of Hawaii

YearExecutive officesTerritorial LegislatureTerritorial delegate
class=unsortable Governorclass=unsortable Sec. of Terr.class=unsortable Attorney Generalclass=unsortable Treasurer!class=unsortable Senate!class=unsortable House of Rep.
1898Sanford B. Dole (R)no such officesno such office
1899Ernest A. Mott-SmithHenry E. CooperHenry E. Cooper
1900Henry E. CooperEdmund Pearson DoleTheodore F. Lansing9HR, 6R17HR, 9R, 4DRobert William Wilcox (HR)
1901William H. Wright
1902
1903George R. Carter (R)A. N. Kepoikai10R, 4HR, 1D20R, 10HRJonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (R)
1904George R. Carter (R)A. L. C. AtkinsonLorrin AndrewsA. J. Campbell
190514R, 1D28R, 1D, 1HR
1906Emil C. Peters
190712R, 2D, 1HR24R, 6HR
1908Walter F. Frear (R)Ernest A. Mott-SmithCharles R. Hemenway
1909Charles Reed Hemenway9R, 4D, 2HR22R, 7D, 1HR
1910D. L. Conkling
1911Alexander Lindsay Jr.12R, 2HR, 1D28R, 2HR
1912
1913
18R, 15D, 2HR18R, 11D, 1HR
1914Lucius E. Pinkham (D)Wade Warren ThayerWade Warren Thayer
1915Ingram Stainback (D)Charles J. McCarthy (D)8R, 7D29R, 1D
1916
191712R, 3D24R, 6D
1918Curtis P. Iaukea
Charles J. McCarthy (D)Arthur G. SmithDelbert E. Metzger
1919Harry Irwin14R, 1D24R, 6D
1920
192126R, 4D
1922Wallace Rider Farrington (R)Raymond C. BrownA. Lewis Jr.Henry Alexander Baldwin (R)
1923John A. MatthewmanHenry C. Hapai15R, 0D29R, 1D[2] William Paul Jarrett (D)
1924
192527R, 3D
1926William B. Lymer
192713R, 2D28R, 2D[3] Victor S. K. Houston (R)
1928Harry P. Hewitt
192914R, 1D27R, 3D[4]
1930Lawrence M. Judd (R)E. S. Smith
193114R, 1D28R, 2D
1932
193311R, 4D20R, 10DLincoln L. McCandless (D)
1934
Joseph Poindexter (D)Arthur A. GreeneWilliam B. PittmanWilliam C. McGonagle
193510R, 5D23R, 7DSamuel Wilder King (R)
1936Charles Maner Hite
1937Samuel B. Kemp10R, 4D, 1I26R, 4D
1938
1939Joseph V. Hodgson12R, 3D27R, 3D
1940Norman D. Godbold Jr.
194112R, 3D27R, 3D
1942Ernest K. Kai
Ingram Stainback (D)Ernest K. KaiJ. Garner Anthony
1943Walter D. Ackerman Jr.11R, 4D25R, 5DJoseph R. Farrington (R)
1944Gerald R. CorbettCyrus Nils Tavares
19458R, 7D21R, 9D
1946Oren E. Long (D)Rhoda V. Lewis
1947Walter D. Ackerman Jr.Howard H. Adams8R, 7D15R, 15D
1948William B. Brown
19499R, 6D20R, 10D
1950
19519R, 6D21R, 9D
Oren E. Long (D)Frank G. SerraoHoward H. Adams
1952Sakae Takahashi
1953Michiro WatanabeKam Tai Lee8R, 7D19R, 11D
Samuel Wilder King (R)Farrant L. TurnerEdward N. Sylva
1954Elizabeth P. Farrington (R)
19559D, 6R22D, 8R
1956Richard K. Sharpless
1957Shiro Kashiwa12D, 3R18D, 12RJohn A. Burns (D)
William F. Quinn (R)Herbert Choy
1958
1959Edward E. JohnstonJack MizuhaRaymond Y. C. Ho16D, 9R33D, 18R[5]

State of Hawaii

YearExecutive OfficesState LegislatureU.S. CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortable Governor!class=unsortable Lieutenant Governor!class=unsortable State Senate!class=unsortable State House!class=unsortable U.S. Senator (Class I)!class=unsortable U.S. Senator (Class III)!class=unsortable U.S. House District 1!class=unsortable U.S. House District 2
1959William F. Quinn (R)James Kealoha (R)14R, 11D33D, 18RHiram Fong (R)Oren E. Long (D)Daniel Inouye (D)
1960John F. Kennedy/
Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1961
1962
1963John A. Burns (D)William S. Richardson (D)15D, 10R40D, 11RDaniel Inouye (D)Thomas Gill (D)Spark Matsunaga (D)
1964Lyndon B. Johnson/
Hubert Humphrey (D)
196516D, 9R39D, 12RPatsy Mink (D)
1966
1967Thomas Gill (D)15D, 10R
1968Hubert Humphrey/
Edmund Muskie (D)
196938D, 13R
1970
1971George Ariyoshi (D)17D, 8R34D, 17R
1972Richard Nixon/
Spiro Agnew (R)
197335D, 16R
1974
1975George Ariyoshi (D)Nelson Doi (D)34D, 17R
1976Jimmy Carter/
Walter Mondale (D)
197741D, 10RSpark Matsunaga (D)Cecil Heftel (D)Daniel Akaka (D)
1978
1979Jean King (D)18D, 7R42D, 9R
1980Jimmy Carter/
Walter Mondale (D)
198117D, 8R39D, 12R
1982
1983John D. Waiheʻe III (D)43D, 8R
1984Ronald Reagan/
George H. W. Bush (R)
198522D, 3R40D, 11R
1986
vacant
Neil Abercrombie (D)
1987John D. Waiheʻe III (D)Ben Cayetano (D)20D, 5RPat Saiki (R)
1988Michael Dukakis/
Lloyd Bentsen (D)
198922D, 3R45D, 6R
1990
Daniel Akaka (D)vacant
1991Neil Abercrombie (D)Patsy Mink (D)
1992Bill Clinton/
Al Gore (D)
199347D, 4R
1994
1995Ben Cayetano (D)Mazie Hirono (D)23D, 2R44D, 7R
1996
199739D, 12R
1998
1999
2000Al Gore/
Joe Lieberman (D)
200122D, 3R32D, 19R
2002
vacant
2003Linda Lingle (R)Duke Aiona (R)20D, 5R36D, 15REd Case (D)
2004John Kerry/
John Edwards (D)
200541D, 10R
2006
200743D, 8RMazie Hirono (D)
2008Barack Obama/
Joe Biden (D)
200923D, 2R45D, 6R
2010Charles Djou (R)
2011Neil Abercrombie (D)Brian Schatz (D)24D, 1R43D, 8RColleen Hanabusa (D)
2012
2013Shan Tsutsui (D)44D, 7RMazie Hirono (D)Brian Schatz (D)Tulsi Gabbard (D)
2014
2015David Ige (D)Mark Takai (D)
2016Hillary Clinton/
Tim Kaine (D)
201725D46D, 5RColleen Hanabusa (D)
2018Doug Chin (D)
2019Josh Green (D)24D, 1REd Case (D)
2020Joe Biden/
Kamala Harris (D)
202147D, 4RKai Kahele (D)
2022
2023Josh Green (D)Sylvia Luke (D)23D, 2R45D, 6RJill Tokuda (D)
2024

See also

Notes and References

  1. Hawaiian Kingdom 1874–1893, the Kalakaua Dynastism by Ralph S. Kuykendall page 521
  2. Web site: Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twelfth Legislature – Regular Session 1923. LLMC Digital. 17 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Fourteenth Legislature – Regular Session 1927. LLMC Digital. 17 February 2021.
  4. Web site: Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Fifteenth Legislature – Regular Session 1929. LLMC Digital. 19 February 2021. iv.
  5. Web site: Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Thirtieth Legislature – Regular Session 1959. LLMC Digital. 19 February 2021.

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