| Sam Slom | |
| Office: | Minority Leader of the Hawaii Senate |
| Term Start: | November 6, 2010 |
| Term End: | November 8, 2016 |
| Predecessor: | Fred Hemmings |
| Successor: | Kurt Fevella (2018) |
| State Senate1: | Hawaii |
| District1: | 9th |
| Term Start1: | November 5, 1996 |
| Term End1: | November 8, 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Donna R. Ikeda |
| Successor1: | Stanley Chang |
| Birth Name: | Samuel Morgan Slom |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Education: | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (BA) La Salle University (LLB) |
Samuel Morgan Slom (April 13, 1942 – May 21, 2023) was an American politician and a member of the Hawaii Senate, where he represented the 9th District (which included Hawaii Kai, Aina Haina, Kahala and Diamond Head on the island of Oahu) from 1996 to 2016.[1] Between 2010 and 2016, Slom was the sole Republican member of the Hawaii Senate. He was a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Slom was raised in a Reform Jewish family[2] and received an LL.B from La Salle Law School in 1966 and a BA in Government/Economics from the University of Hawaii in 1963.[3]
Slom served as chief economist for the Bank of Hawaii.[4] From 1983 until 2014, Slom served as the president and executive director of Smart Business Hawaii, a chamber of commerce that said it was more small business-oriented than the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii.[5] [6]
In 1996, Slom challenged incumbent Democrat Donna R. Ikeda to represent the 8th district in the Senate of Hawaii.[7] Slom won the election, defeating Ikeda, 12,191 votes to 7,312.[7] The Honolulu Star-Bulletin called the election a "huge election night upset".[8] [9]
Former Honolulu City Councilman Stanley Chang defeated Slom in the 2016 elections, which made the Senate of Hawaii the only legislative chamber in the United States with a single party holding all seats.[10] Slom received 47% of the vote.[11]
Slom died on May 21, 2023, at the age of 81.[12]
Slom held the following positions in the Hawaii State Senate:
Slom was a member of the following committees:
Slom was a member of the following subcommittee: