| 20th Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature | |||||
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 Seal of the Territory of Hawaii | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Hawaii Territorial Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Territory of Hawaii, United States | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 15 | ||||
| President | George P. Cooke | ||||
| Vice President | Eugene H. Beebe | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 30 | ||||
| Speaker | Roy A. Vitousek | ||||
| Vice Speaker | Emil M. Muller | ||||
The Twentieth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 15 until April 26, 1939.
Legislative session
The session ran from February 15 until April 26, 1939. It passed 264 bills into law. [1]
Senators
| ↓ | ||
| 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Republican | Independent | Democratic |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ind | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1937) [2] | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1939) | 11 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 73.3% | 6.7% | 20% | ||
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Todd Cunningham | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| William H. Hill | R | |||
| James Kealoha [note 1] [3] | R | |||
| Charles H. Silva | R | Kohala | ||
| 2 | George P. Cooke [note 2] | R | Maui | Kaunakakai ( Molokai) |
| Clarence A. Crozier | NP | Wailuku | ||
| Harry H. Holt | R | Wailuku | ||
| 3 | Eugene H. Beebe | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| Francis H. Ii Brown | R | |||
| Joseph R. Farrington | R | |||
| William H. Heen | D | |||
| Francis K. Sylva [note 3] [4] | R | |||
| David K. Trask | D | Kaneohe | ||
| 4 | John B. Fernandes | D | Kauaʻi | Kapaa |
| Elsie H. Wilcox | R | Lihue |
House of Representatives
| ↓ | ||
| 28 | 2 | |
| Republican | Democratic | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ind | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1937) | 26 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1939) | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 93.3% | 6.7% | |||
| District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. A. Carvalho | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| August Costa, Jr. | R | |||
| Albert Kazuo Kimura | R | |||
| Henry Lai Hipp | R | |||
| 2 | Arthur A. Akina | R | Kamuela | |
| James Ako | R | Kailua | ||
| Francis K. Aona | R | Kealakekua | ||
| Robert L. Wilhelm | R | Naalehu | ||
| 3 | Edward Baker | R | Maui | Makawao |
| William H. Engle | R | Kahului | ||
| Reuben Goodness | R | Wailuku | ||
| Emil M. Muller | R | Wailuku | ||
| Manuel G. Paschoal | R | Puʻunēnē | ||
| Henry P. Robinson, Jr. | R | Lahaina | ||
| 4 | Flora Kaai Hayes | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| Richard King Kimball | R | |||
| Walter K. Macfarlane | R | |||
| Roy A. Vitousek | R | |||
| Ralph E. Woolley | R | |||
| J. Howard Worrall | R | |||
| 5 | Henry C. Akina | R | Honolulu | |
| George M. Eguchi | R | |||
| Hiram L. Fong | R | |||
| George H. Holt, Jr. | D | Waianae | ||
| Kam Tai Lee | R | Honolulu | ||
| Bina Mossmann | R | |||
| 6 | Clement Gomes | R | Kauai | Lihue |
| Thomas Ouye | R | |||
| Fred L. Schumacher | D | |||
| William H. Wright | R | Waimea |
References
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature – Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. p. 25. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Nineteenth Legislature – Regular Session 1937". LLMC Digital. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature – Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature – Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2022.