List of United States Representatives from Hawaii
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This is a list of Members of the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii in alphabetical order.
Representative ↑ | Party | District | Years | District home | Note |
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Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 1st | September 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987 | Honolulu | Won special election to fill Cecil Heftel's vacant seat. Lost renomination. |
January 3, 1991 – present | Incumbent | ||||
Daniel Akaka | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1977 – May 15, 1990 | Honolulu | Resigned after being appointed to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate caused by the death of Spark Matsunaga. |
Ed Case | Democratic | 2nd | November 30, 2002 – January 3, 2007 | Honolulu | Elected in 2002 by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Patsy Mink. Mink had been reelected, posthumously, and Case was again elected by special election to fill her seat, in 2003. |
Thomas Gill | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | Honolulu | |
Cecil Heftel | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1977 – July 11, 1986 | Honolulu | Resigned to run for Governor. |
Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 2007 – | Honolulu | Incumbent |
Daniel Inouye | Democratic | At-Large | August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | Honolulu | Served as the at-large Representative upon Hawaii’s admission to the United States. Current United States Senator from Hawaii. |
Spark Matsunaga | Democratic | 2nd | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977 | Honolulu | Elected to the United States Senate in 1976. |
Patsy Mink | Democratic | 1st | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977 | Honolulu | |
2nd | September 22, 1990 – September 28, 2002 | Elected to fill the vacancy caused by Daniel Akaka’s resignation. Died, but was elected posthumously in 2002. | |||
Patricia Saiki | Republican | 1st | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 | Honolulu | Saiki is the only Republican to represent Hawaii in the United States House of Representatives since statehood. |