SinceHawaii became a state in 1959,[1] it has sentcongressional delegations to theUnited States Senate andUnited States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, one from each ofHawaii's congressional districts. Before becoming a state, theTerritory of Hawaii elected a non-votingdelegate at-large to Congress from 1900 to 1958.
The longest-serving senator wasDaniel Inouye, from 1963 to 2012—he served asPresident pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2010 to 2012 as the longest-serving senator.[2]Patsy Mink was the first woman of color to serve in the House, and the first woman to represent Hawaii in Congress.
| Current U.S. senators from Hawaii | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hawaii
| Class I senator | Class III senator | ||
.jpg) Mazie Hirono (Junior senator) (Honolulu) | .jpg) Brian Schatz (Senior senator) (Honolulu) | |||
| Party | Democratic | Democratic | ||
| Incumbent since | January 3, 2013 | December 26, 2012 | ||
Hawaii's current congressional delegation in the119th Congress consists of its two senators and two representatives, all of whom areDemocrats.
The current dean of the Hawaii delegation isMazie Hirono, having served in the Senate since 2013 and in Congress since 2007.
| Current U.S. representatives from Hawaii | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence)[4] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2025)[5] | District map |
| 1st |  Ed Case (Kāneʻohe) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+13 | .svg) |
| 2nd | .jpg) Jill Tokuda (Kāneʻohe) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+12 | .svg) |
Each state elects two senators by statewide popular vote every six years.[6] The terms of the two senators are staggered so that they are not elected in the same year, meaning that each seat also has aclass determining the years in which the seat will be up for election. Hawaii's senators are elected in classes 1 and 3.
There have been seven senators elected from Hawaii, of whom six have beenDemocrats and one has been aRepublican. Hawaii's current senators, both Democrats, areMazie Hirono, in office since 2013, andBrian Schatz, in office since 2012.
Democratic (D) Republican (R)
| Class I senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiram Fong (R) | 86th (1959–1961) | Oren E. Long (D) | ||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | Daniel Inouye (D)[a] | |||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| Spark Matsunaga (D)[b] | 95th (1977–1979) | |||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| Daniel Akaka (D) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| Brian Schatz (D) | ||||
| Mazie Hirono (D) | 113th (2013–2015) | |||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| 119th (2025–2027) | ||||
TheTerritory of Hawaii was anorganized incorporated territory of the United States formed by theHawaiian Organic Act on April 30, 1900, following theannexation of Hawaii.[10] The territory initially consisted of theHawaiian Islands, although thePalmyra Atoll was separated from Hawaii when it was admitted into the Union.[11]
The territorialdelegates were elected to two-year terms from theat-large congressional district in the Hawaii Territory. Delegates were allowed to serve on committees, debate, and submit legislation, but were not permitted to vote on bills.[12] The first delegate,Robert William Wilcox,[13] took office on December 15, 1900, and the last delegate,John A. Burns, left office on August 21, 1959, succeeded on the same day by representativeDaniel Inouye. Delegates only served in the House of Representatives, as there was no representation in the Senate until Hawaii became a state.
Democratic (D) Republican (R) Home Rule (HR)
| Congress | Delegate |
|---|---|
| 56th (1899–1901) | Robert William Wilcox (HR) |
| 57th (1901–1903) | |
| 58th (1903–1905) | Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (R) |
| 59th (1905–1907) | |
| 60th (1907–1909) | |
| 61st (1909–1911) | |
| 62nd (1911–1913) | |
| 63rd (1913–1915) | |
| 64th (1915–1917) | |
| 65th (1917–1919) | |
| 66th (1919–1921) | |
| 67th (1921–1923) | Henry Alexander Baldwin (R) |
| 68th (1923–1925) | William Paul Jarrett (D) |
| 69th (1925–1927) | |
| 70th (1927–1929) | Victor S. K. Houston (R) |
| 71st (1929–1931) | |
| 72nd (1931–1933) | |
| 73rd (1933–1935) | Lincoln Loy McCandless (D) |
| 74th (1935–1937) | Samuel Wilder King (R) |
| 75th (1937–1939) | |
| 76th (1939–1941) | |
| 77th (1941–1943) | |
| 78th (1943–1945) | Joseph Rider Farrington (R)[c] |
| 79th (1945–1947) | |
| 80th (1947–1949) | |
| 81st (1949–1951) | |
| 82nd (1951–1953) | |
| 83rd (1953–1955) | |
| Elizabeth P. Farrington (R) | |
| 84th (1955–1957) | |
| 85th (1957–1959) | John A. Burns (D) |
| 86th (1959–1961) |
Members of the House of Representatives are elected every two years by popular vote within a congressional district.[15] From in the86th Congress through the91st Congress, both of Hawaii's representatives were elected fromHawaii's at-large congressional district, but in 1969, the Hawaii legislature passed a law creating Hawaii'sfirst andsecond congressional district, which elected representatives to the92nd Congress.[16] The representatives from the two new districts,Patsy Mink andSpark Matsunaga, were also the last two representatives of the seats in the at-large district. Every ten years, the number of seats in the House apportioned to every state is recalculated based on the state's population as determined by theUnited States census.[17] Hawaii had one seat until the1960 United States census allotted Hawaii a second seat, which was first filled byThomas Gill in the1962 House elections.[18]
Democratic (D) Republican (R)
| Congress | District | |
|---|---|---|
| Seat A | Seat B | |
| 86th (1959–1961) | Daniel Inouye (D) | |
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||
| 88th (1963–1965) | Spark Matsunaga (D) | Thomas Gill (D) |
| 89th (1965–1967) | Patsy Mink (D) | |
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||
| Congress | 1st district | 2nd district |
| 92nd (1971–1973) | Spark Matsunaga (D) | Patsy Mink (D) |
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||
| 95th (1977–1979) | Cecil Heftel (D)[d] | Daniel Akaka (D)[e] |
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||
| Neil Abercrombie (D)[f] | ||
| 100th (1987–1989) | Pat Saiki (R) | |
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||
| Patsy Mink (D)[g] | ||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | Neil Abercrombie (D)[h] | |
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||
| Ed Case (D) | ||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||
| 110th (2007–2009) | Mazie Hirono (D) | |
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||
| Charles Djou (R) | ||
| 112th (2011–2013) | Colleen Hanabusa (D) | |
| 113th (2013–2015) | Tulsi Gabbard (D) | |
| 114th (2015–2017) | Mark Takai (D)[i] | |
| Colleen Hanabusa (D) | ||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||
| 116th (2019–2021) | Ed Case (D) | |
| 117th (2021–2023) | Kai Kahele (D) | |
| 118th (2023–2025) | Jill Tokuda (D) | |
| 119th (2025–2027) | ||
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