28th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

28th Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature
← 27th 29th →
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	William J. Nobriga
House of Representatives
Members	30
Speaker	Charles E. Kauhane
Vice Speaker	Elmer F. Cravalho

The Twenty-Eighth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955. The majority of members of this Legislature were elected during the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954.

Legislative sessions

The session ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955. It passed 277 bills into law.

A special session ran from September 17 until September 25, 1956. It passed two bills into law, including Act 2, which provided compensation for public school officials.

Senators

↓
9	6
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature (1954)	7	0	8	15	0
Begin (1955)	9	0	6	15	0
Latest voting share	60%		40%

District	Senator	Party	County	Address
1	Kazuhisa Abe	D	Hawaiʻi	Hilo
	Nelson K. Doi	D
	William H. Hill	R
	William J. Nobriga	D
2	Toshio Ansai	R	Maui	Wailuku
	John Gomes Duarte	D
	Dee Duponte	D
3	Benjamin F. Dillingham	R	Oahu	Honolulu
	William H. Heen	D
	Joseph R. Itagaki	R
	Herbert K. H. Lee	D
	Sakae Takahashi	D
	Wilfred C. Tsukiyama	R
4	John B. Fernandes	D	Kauaʻi	Kapaa
	Noboru Miyake	R		Waimea

House of Representatives

↓
22	8
Democratic	Republican

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)			Total
	Democratic	Ind	Republican		Vacant
End of previous legislature (1954)	11	0	19	30	0
Begin (1955)	22	0	8	30	0
Latest voting share	73.3%		26.7%

District	Representative	Party	County	Address
1	Peter A. Aduja	R	Hawaiʻi	Hilo
	Joseph R. Garcia, Jr.	R		Hakalau
	Stanley Ikuo Hara	D		Hilo
	Raymond M. Kobayashi	D
2	Robert L. Hind, Jr.	R		Hookena
	Sumio Nakashima	D		Holualoa
	Akoni Pule	D		Halaula
	Esther K. Richardson	R		Kealakekua
3	Elmer F. Cravalho	D	Maui	Waiakoa
	Robert Nobuichi Kimura	D		Wailuku
	E. P. Lydgate	R		Makawao
	Manuel Gomes Paschoal	R		Wailuku
	David K. Trask, Jr.	D		Kahului
	Nadao Yoshinaga	D		Wailuku
4	Masato Doi	D	Oahu	Honolulu
	Daniel K. Inouye	D
	Anna Furtado Kahanumoku	D
	Russell Katsuhiro Kono	D
	Spark M. Matsunaga	D
	Hebden Porteus	R
5	George R. Ariyoshi	D		Honolulu
	O. Vincent Esposito	D
	Yasutaka Fukushima	R		Wahiawa
	Charles E. Kauhane	D		Honolulu
	Philip P. Minn	D
	Steere G. Noda	D
6	William E. Fernandes	D	Kauai	Kapaa
	Manuel S. Henriques	D
	Toshio Serizawa	D		Lihue
	Toshiharu Yama	D