27th Hawaii Territorial Legislature
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Legislative bodyHawaii Territorial Legislature
JurisdictionTerritory of Hawaii, United States
Members15
PresidentWilfred C. Tsukiyama
| 27th Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature | |||||
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 Seal of the Territory of Hawaii | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Hawaii Territorial Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Territory of Hawaii, United States | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 15 | ||||
| President | Wilfred C. Tsukiyama | ||||
| Vice President | Wendell F. Crockett | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 30 | ||||
| Speaker | Hiram L. Fong | ||||
| Vice Speaker | Richard St. Sure | ||||
The Twenty-Seventh Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 18 until May 19, 1953.[1]
The session ran from February 18 until May 19, 1953. It passed 282 bills into law.[2]
A special session ran from April 20 until August 5, 1954. It passed two bills into law, including Act 2, to provide additional funding to the Hawaii Statehood Commission, which was founded in 1947 to pursue statehood status for the territory.[3][4]
Senators
| ↓ | ||
| 8 | 7 | |
| Republican | Democratic | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ind | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1951)[5] | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1953) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 53.3% | 46.7% | |||
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazuhisa Abe | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| William H. Hill | R | |||
| William J. Nobriga[note 1] | D | |||
| Tom T. Okino | D | |||
| 2 | Toshio Ansai | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| Wendell F. Crockett | R | |||
| John Gomes Duarte | D | |||
| 3 | Benjamin F. Dillingham | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| William H. Heen | D | |||
| Joseph R. Itagaki | R | |||
| Herbert K. H. Lee | D | |||
| Mary K. Robinson | R | |||
| Wilfred C. Tsukiyama | R | |||
| 4 | John B. Fernandes | D | Kauaʻi | Kapaa |
| Noboru Miyake | R | Waimea | ||
