27th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

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]

27th Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature
← 26th 28th →
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

Legislative sessions

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

House of Representatives

↓
19	11
Republican	Democratic

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Republican	Ind	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature (1951)	21	0	9	30	0
Begin (1953)	19	0	11	30	0
Latest voting share	63.3%		36.7%

District	Representative	Party	County	Address
1	Joseph R. Garcia, Jr.	R	Hawaiʻi	Hakalau
	Raymond M. Kobayashi	D		Hilo
	Thomas T. Sakakihara	R
	Joseph Takao Yamauchi	R
2	Robert L. Hind, Jr.	R		Holualoa
	Akoni Pule	D		Halaula
	Esther K. Richardson	R		Kealakekua
	Thomas T. Toguchi	R		Naalehu
3	Dee Duponte	D	Maui	Wailuku
	E. P. Lydgate	R		Paia
	Manuel Gomes Paschoal	R		Wailuku
	Richard St. Sure	R		Paia
	Clarence K. Seong	D		Wailuku
	Bernard H. Tokunaga	R
4	Webley Edwards	R	Oahu	Honolulu
	Jack P. King	R		Lanikai
	Walter F. McGuire	R		Honolulu
	Hebden Porteus	R
	J. Ward Russell	R
	W. Russell Starr	R
5	O. Vincent Esposito	D		Honolulu
	Hiram L. Fong	R
	Yasutaka Fukushima	R		Wahiawa
	Charles E. Kauhane	D		Honolulu
	Steere G. Noda	D
	Clarence Y. Shimamura	R
6	William E. Fernandes	D	Kauai	Kapaa
	Manuel S. Henriques	D
	Toshio Serizawa	D		Lihue
	Toshiharu Yama	D

References

1. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Seventh Legislature - Regular Session 1953". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
2. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Seventh Legislature - Regular Session 1953". LLMC Digital. p. 7. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
3. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Seventh Legislature - Special Session 1954". LLMC Digital. p. 9. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
4. "Hawaii Statehood Commission" (PDF). State of Hawaii - Hawaii State Archives. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
5. "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-Sixth Legislature - Regular Session 1951". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

Notes

1. William J. Nobriga changed party affiliation after the 26th Hawaii Territorial Legislature. He was previously elected as a Republican to represent the 2nd Senatorial District in 1950.