29th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

The Twenty-Ninth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 20 until May 7, 1957.^[1] This was the final session which comprised 15 senators and 30 representatives.

29th Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature
← 28th 30th →
Seal of the Territory of Hawaii
Overview
Legislative body	Hawaii Territorial Legislature
Jurisdiction	Territory of Hawaii, United States
Senate
Members	15
President	William H. Heen
Vice President	Dee Duponte
House of Representatives
Members	30
Speaker	O. Vincent Esposito
Vice Speaker	Raymond M. Kobayashi

Legislative session

The session ran from February 20 until May 7, 1957. It passed 322 bills into law.^[2]

Senators

↓
12	3
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature (1956)[3]	9	0	6	15	0
Begin (1957)	12	0	3	15	0
Latest voting share	80%		20%

District	Senator	Party	County	Address
1	Kazuhisa Abe	D	Hawaiʻi	Hilo
	Nelson K. Doi	D
	William H. Hill	R
	Tom Okino	D
2	John Gomes Duarte	D	Maui	Wailuku
	Dee Duponte	D
	George S. Fukuoka	D
3	William H. Heen	D	Oahu	Honolulu
	Mitsuyuki Kido	D
	Herbert K. H. Lee	D
	Oren E. Long	D
	Sakae Takahashi	D
	Wilfred C. Tsukiyama	R
4	John B. Fernandes	D	Kauaʻi	Kapaa
	Noboru Miyake	R		Waimea

House of Representatives

↓
18	12
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature (1956)	22	0	8	30	0
Begin (1957)	18	0	12	30	0
Latest voting share	60%		40%

District	Representative	Party	County	Address
1	Stafford L. Austin	R	Hawaiʻi	Hilo
	Stanley Ikuo Hara	D
	Raymond M. Kobayashi	D
	Mark Norman Olds	D
2	Bernard G. Kinney	R		Kamuela
	Sumio Nakashima	D		Kealakekua
	Akoni Pule	D		Halaula
	Thomas T. Toguchi	R		Naalehu
3	Ray F. Adams	D	Maui	Wailuku
	Marquis F. Calmes	R		Kahului
	Elmer F. Cravalho	D		Kula
	E. P. Lydgate	R		Paia
	Bernard Hiroshi Tokunaga	R		Kahului
	Nadao Yoshinaga	D		Wailuku
4	Webley Edwards	R	Oahu	Honolulu
	Daniel K. Inouye	D
	Anna Furtado Kahanumoku	D
	Spark M. Matsunaga	D
	Hebden Porteus	R
	J. Ward Russell	R
5	George R. Ariyoshi	D		Honolulu
	O. Vincent Esposito	D
	Yasutaka Fukushima	R		Wahiawa
	Patsy Takemoto Mink	D		Honolulu
	Philip Minn	D
	Steere G. Noda	D
6	Mutt Arashiro	D	Kauai	Kalaheo
	Jack Bertrand	R		Lihue
	Manuel Souza Henriques	D		Kapaa
	Yoshiichi Yoshida	R