STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES (HAWAII).

In this post we will looking at Hawaii a state in the United States and its territories, Its present and past governors and House of representative’s members.

INTRODUCTION.

It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state in the tropics. Hawaii is also one of several U.S. states that were independent nations prior to joining the Union. Hawaii comprises nearly the entire Hawaiian archipelago, 137 volcanic islands spanning 1,500 miles (2,400 km) that are physio graphically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania.  The PO Ocean coastline is consequently the fourth longest in the U.S., at about 750 miles (1,210 km). The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi, after which the state is named; it is often called the “Big Island” or “Hawaii Island” to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the nation’s largest protected area and the third largest in the world. Of the 50 U.S. states, Hawaii is the eighth-smallest in land area and the 11^th-least populous, but with 1.4 million residents ranks 13^th in population density. Two-thirds of the population lives on O’ahu, home to the state’s capital and largest city, Honolulu. Hawaii is among the country’s most diverse states, owing to its central location in the Pacific and over two centuries of migration. As one of only six majority-minority states, it has the nation’s only Asian American plurality, its largest Buddhist community and the largest proportion of multiracial people. Consequently, it is a unique melting pot of North American and East Asian cultures, in addition to its indigenous Hawaiian heritage. Historically dominated by a plantation economy, Hawaii remains a major agricultural exporter due to its fertile soil and uniquely tropical climate in the U.S. Its economy has gradually diversified since the mid-20^th century, with tourism and military defense becoming the two largest sectors. The state attracts tourists, surfers, and scientists from around the world with its diverse natural scenery, warm tropical climate, abundance of public beaches, oceanic surroundings, active volcanoes, and clear skies on the Big Island. Hawaii hosts the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the world’s largest naval command, as well as 75,000 employees of the Defense Department. Although its relative isolation results in one of the nation’s highest costs of living, Hawaii is the third-wealthiest state.

HAWAII TERRITORIES.

The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding Palmyra Island, was admitted to the United States as the 50^th U.S. state, the State of Hawaii. The Hawaii Admission Act specified that the State of Hawaii would not include Palmyra Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, and Johnston Atoll, which includes Johnston (or Kalama) Island and Sand Island. On July 4, 1898, the United States Congress passed the Newlands Resolution authorizing the U.S. annexation of the Republic of Hawaii, and five weeks later, on August 12, Hawaii became a U.S. territory. In April 1900 Congress approved the Hawaiian Organic Act which organized the territory. United States Public Law 103-150 adopted in 1993, (informally known as the Apology resolution), acknowledged that “the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States” and also “that the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands, either through the Kingdom of Hawaii or through a plebiscite or referendum”. Hawaii’s territorial history includes a period from 1941 to 1944, during World War II, when the islands were placed under martial law. Civilian government was dissolved and a military governor was appointed.

LIST OF GOVERNORS AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE’S MEMBERS.

Hawaii Territory was organized on June 14, 1900, remaining a territory for 59 years. Twelve people served as territorial governor, appointed by the president of the United States. The governor of the State of Hawaii is the head of government of Hawaii and commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Hawaii Legislature; the power to convene the legislature and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason and impeachment. Of the eight governors of the state, two have been elected to three terms, four have been elected to two terms, and one has been elected to one term. No state governor has yet resigned or died in office, nor did any territorial governor die in office. George Ariyoshi was the first Asian American to be governor of any U.S. state. The current governor is Democrat David Ige, who took office on December 1, 2014. The longest-serving governors are John A. Burns (1962–1974) and George Ariyoshi (1974–1986), both of whom served 12 years each.

Governors of the Territory of Hawaii
No.	Governor	Term in office	Appointed by	Notes
Governors of the State of Hawaii[f]
No.	Governor	Term of office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor[g]
1		Sanford B. Dole     April 23, 1844 – June 9, 1926    (aged 82)	June 14, 1900 – November 23, 1903	William McKinley	[a]
2		George R. Carter     December 28, 1866 – February 11, 1933    (aged 66)	November 23, 1903[6] – August 15, 1907	Theodore Roosevelt	[b]
3		Walter F. Frear     October 29, 1863 – January 22, 1948    (aged 84)	August 15, 1907[8] – November 30, 1913
4		Lucius E. Pinkham     September 19, 1850 – November 2, 1922    (aged 72)	November 30, 1913[9] – June 22, 1918	Woodrow Wilson
5		Charles J. McCarthy     August 4, 1861 – November 26, 1929    (aged 68)	June 22, 1918[10] – July 5, 1921
6		Wallace Rider Farrington     May 3, 1871 – October 6, 1933    (aged 62)	July 5, 1921[11] – July 6, 1929	Warren G. Harding
7		Lawrence M. Judd     March 20, 1887 – October 4, 1968    (aged 81)	July 6, 1929[12] – March 2, 1934	Herbert Hoover
8		Joseph Poindexter     April 14, 1869 – December 3, 1951    (aged 82)	March 2, 1934[13] – August 24, 1942	Franklin D. Roosevelt	[c]
9		Ingram Stainback     May 12, 1883 – April 12, 1961    (aged 77)	August 24, 1942[15] – May 8, 1951	[d]
10		Oren E. Long     March 4, 1889 – May 6, 1965    (aged 76)	May 8, 1951[18] – February 28, 1953	Harry S. Truman
11		Samuel Wilder King     December 17, 1886 – March 24, 1959    (aged 72)	February 28, 1953[19] – July 26, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower	[e]
12		William F. Quinn     July 13, 1919 – August 28, 2006    (aged 87)	August 29, 1957[21] – August 21, 1959
1			William F. Quinn     July 13, 1919 – August 28, 2006    (aged 87)	August 21, 1959 – December 3, 1962 (lost election)	Republican	1959		James Kealoha
2			John A. Burns     March 30, 1909 – April 5, 1975    (aged 66)	December 3, 1962 – December 2, 1974 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1962		William S. Richardson
1966	Thomas Gill
1970	George Ariyoshi
3		George Ariyoshi     March 12, 1926 (age 96)	December 2, 1974 – December 1, 1986 (term limited)	Democratic	1974	Nelson Doi
1978	Jean King
1982	John D. Waiheʻe III
4		John D. Waiheʻe III     May 19, 1946 (age 76)	December 1, 1986 – December 5, 1994 (term limited)	Democratic	1986	Ben Cayetano
1990
5		Ben Cayetano     November 14, 1939 (age 82)	December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002 (term limited)	Democratic	1994	Mazie Hirono
1998
6			Linda Lingle     June 4, 1953 (age 69)	December 2, 2002 – December 6, 2010 (term limited)	Republican	2002		Duke Aiona
2006
7			Neil Abercrombie     June 26, 1938 (age 84)	December 6, 2010 – December 1, 2014 (not candidate for election)[h]	Democratic	2010		Brian Schatz (resigned December 26, 2012)
Vacant
	Shan Tsutsui (took office December 27, 2012) (resigned January 31, 2018)
8		David Ige     January 15, 1957 (age 65)	December 1, 2014 – present[i]	Democratic	2014
Vacant
	Doug Chin (took office February 2, 2018)
2018	Josh Green

MEMBERS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. HOUSE FROM HAWAII.

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Hawaii. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Hawaii. The list of names should be complete (as of January 3, 2015), but other data may be incomplete. It includes members who have represented both the state and the territory, both past and present.

LIST OF MEMBERS AND DELEGATES

Member / Delegate ↑	District home	Party	District	Years	Electoral history
Neil Abercrombie	Honolulu	Democratic	1st	September 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987	Elected to finish Heftel’s term. Lost renomination.
January 3, 1991 – February 28, 2010	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Resigned to run for Governor of Hawaii.
Daniel Akaka	Honolulu	Democratic	2nd	January 3, 1977 – May 15, 1990	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Henry Alexander Baldwin	Paia	Republican	Territory	March 25, 1922 – March 3, 1923	Elected to finish Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole’s term. Retired.
John A. Burns	Honolulu	Democratic	Territory	January 3, 1957 – August 21, 1959	Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Statehood achieved.
Ed Case	Honolulu	Democratic	2nd	November 30, 2002 – January 3, 2003	Elected to finish Patsy Mink’s term in the 107th Congress. Term ended.
January 4, 2003 – January 3, 2007	Elected to finish Patsy Mink’s term in the 108th Congress. Re-elected in 2004. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
1st	January 3, 2019 – present	Elected in 2018. Incumbent
Charles Djou	Honolulu	Republican	1st	May 22, 2010 – January 3, 2011	Elected to finish Neil Abercrombie’s term. Lost re-election.
Elizabeth P. Farrington	Honolulu	Republican	Territory	August 4, 1954 – January 3, 1957	Elected to finish her husband’s term. (See Widow’s succession). Re-elected in 1954. Lost re-election.
Joseph R. Farrington	Honolulu	Republican	Territory	January 3, 1943 – June 19, 1954	Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Died.
Tulsi Gabbard	Honolulu	Democratic	2nd	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.
Thomas Gill	Honolulu	Democratic	At-large	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Elected in 1962. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Cecil Heftel	Honolulu	Democratic	1st	January 3, 1977 – July 11, 1986	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Resigned to run for Governor of Hawaii.
Colleen Hanabusa	Honolulu	Democratic	1st	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
November 8, 2016 – January 3, 2019	Elected to finish Mark Takai’s term. Retired to run for Governor of Hawaii.
Mazie Hirono	Honolulu	Democratic	2nd	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Victor S. K. Houston	Honolulu	Republican	Territory	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election.
Daniel Inouye	Honolulu	Democratic	At-large	August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Elected in 1959. Re-elected in 1960. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
William P. Jarrett	Honolulu	Democratic	Territory	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Lost re-election.
Kai Kahele	Hilo	Democratic	2nd	January 3, 2021 – present	Elected in 2020.
Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole	Honolulu	Republican	Territory	March 4, 1903 – January 7, 1922	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Died.
Samuel Wilder King	Honolulu	Republican	Territory	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Retired.
Spark Matsunaga	Honolulu	Democratic	At-large	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
1st	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977
Lincoln L. McCandless	Honolulu	Democratic	Territory	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.
Patsy Mink	Honolulu	Democratic	At-large	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
2nd	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977
September 22, 1990 – September 28, 2002	Elected to finish Akaka’s term. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Died. Re-elected posthumously in 2002.
Patricia Saiki	Honolulu	Republican	1st	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Mark Takai	Honolulu	Democratic	1st	January 3, 2015 – July 20, 2016	Elected in 2014. Died.[2]
Robert W. Wilcox	Honolulu	Home Rule	Territory	December 15, 1900 – March 3, 1903	Hawaii becomes Territory and Elected in 1900 to finish the term ending 1901. Also elected in 1900 to the next term. Lost re-election.