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| speaker = [[Roy A. Vitousek]]
| speaker = Arthur A. Akina
| vice-speaker = Manuel Gomes Paschoal
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A special session ran from September 15 until November 1, 1954. It passed 98 bills into law.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature - Special Session 1941|url=https://llmc.com/OpenAccess/docDisplay5.aspx?textid=52343079|page=14|publisher=LLMC Digital|accessdate=27 November 2022}}</ref>
A special session ran from September 15 until November 1, 1954. It passed 98 bills into law.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature - Special Session 1941|url=https://llmc.com/OpenAccess/docDisplay5.aspx?textid=52343079|page=14|publisher=LLMC Digital|accessdate=27 November 2022}}</ref>

Act 19 (House Bill No. 58), signed by Governor [[Joseph Poindexter]] on April 11, 1941, made it a misdemeanor to label, advertise or offer for sale coffee as Hawaiian or Kona Coffee unless one hundred percent of such coffee was raised in the Territory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature - Regular Session 1941|url=https://llmc.com/OpenAccess/docDisplay5.aspx?textid=52124916|page=242|publisher=LLMC Digital|accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref> The penalty included a fine of not more than $1,000 (around $20,000 in 2022)<ref>{{cite web|title=CPI Inflationn Calculator|url=https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1941?amount=1000|publisher=Official Data Foundation / Alioth LLC.|accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref>, and/or not more than one year imprisonment.{{#tag:ref|Coffee labelling was regulated by Act 289 (SLH 1991). It was criminalized as a felony by Act 328 (SLH 2012).|group=note}}


==Senators==
==Senators==
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| rowspan=3| 2
| rowspan=3| 2
| George P. Cooke{{#tag:ref|Cooke was a resident of the island of Molokai which is a constituent island of the County of Maui.|group=note}}
| George P. Cooke{{#tag:ref|Cooke was a resident of the island of Molokai which is a constituent island of the County of Maui.|group=note}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| rowspan=3| [[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui]]
| rowspan=3| [[Maui County, Hawaii|Maui]]
| [[Kalae, Hawaii|Kalae]] ([[Molokai]])
| [[Kaunakakai, Hawaii|Kaunakakai]] ([[Molokai]])
|-
|-
| Charles M. Peters
| Charles M. Peters
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| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
⚫
| William H. Heen
| [[Joseph R. Farrington]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
|-
|-
| Francis K. Sylva
| Francis K. Sylva
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| scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | {{Down-arrow|alt=Midpoint}}
| scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:center" | {{Down-arrow|alt=Midpoint}}
|-
|-
| scope="row" style="background:#F33; width:83.3%; text-align:center; color:white" | '''25'''
| scope="row" style="background:#F33; width:83.3%; text-align:center; color:white" | '''27'''
| style="background:#33F; width:16.7%; text-align:center; color:white" | '''5'''
| style="background:#33F; width:16.7%; text-align:center; color:white" | '''3'''
|-
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; color:#F33" | '''Republican'''
| scope="row" style="text-align:center; color:#F33" | '''Republican'''
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!Vacant
!Vacant
|-
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of previous legislature (1941)
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of previous legislature (1939)
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 27
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 28
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
! 30
! 30
|0
|0
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| colspan=6 |
| colspan=6 |
|-
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin (1943)
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Begin (1941)
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 25
|{{party shading/Republican}}| 27
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
!30
!30
| 0
| 0
|-
|-
!Latest voting share
!Latest voting share
!colspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}}|{{percentage|25|30|1}}
!colspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}}|{{percentage|27|30|1}}
!{{percentage|5|30|1}}
!{{percentage|3|30|1}}
!colspan=2|
!colspan=2|
|}
|}
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|-
|-
| rowspan=4| 1
| rowspan=4| 1
| Juichi Doi
| Joseph G. Andrews
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| rowspan=8| [[Hawaii County, Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]]
| rowspan=8| [[Hawaii County, Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]]
| rowspan=4| [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]]
| rowspan=4| [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]]
⚫
|-
⚫
| William J. Nobriga
⚫
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
| William J. Payne
| William J. Payne
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| Thomas Pedro, Jr.
| Thomas Pedro, Jr.
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
⚫
|-
| Thomas T. Sakakihara
⚫
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
| rowspan=4| 2
| rowspan=4| 2
| Francis K. Aona
| Arthur A. Akina
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Kealakekua, Hawaii|Kealakekua]]
| [[Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii|Kamuela]]
|-
|-
| Kenneth D. Bond
| Francis K. Aona
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Hawi, Hawaii|Hawi]]
| [[Kealakekua, Hawaii|Kealakekua]]
|-
|-
| Ted T. Kuramoto
| [[Esther K. Richardson]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Kealakekua, Hawaii|Kealakekua]]
| [[Kealakekua, Hawaii|Kealakekua]]
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| William H. Engle
| William H. Engle
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Kahului, Hawaii|Kahului]]
| [[Spreckelsville, Hawaii|Spreckelsville]]
|-
|-
| Reuben Goodness
| Reuben Goodness
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| rowspan=3| [[Wailuku, Hawaii|Wailuku]]
| [[Wailuku, Hawaii|Wailuku]]
|-
|-
| David K. Kapohakimohewa
| Joseph H. Kunewa
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Kula, Hawaii|Kula]] (Waiakoa)
|-
|-
| Manuel G. Paschoal
| Manuel G. Paschoal
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Wailuku, Hawaii|Wailuku]]
|-
|-
| Henry P. Robinson, Jr.
| Henry P. Robinson, Jr.
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|-
|-
| rowspan=6| 4
| rowspan=6| 4
| Lindsley Austin
⚫
| James W. Glover
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| rowspan=12| [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|Oahu]]
| rowspan=12| [[Honolulu County, Hawaii|Oahu]]
| rowspan=6| [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
| rowspan=6| [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
|-
|-
| Walter Hyde Dillingham{{#tag:ref|Nephew of [[Walter F. Dillingham]], and eldest grandchild of [[Benjamin Franklin Dillingham]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Hyde Dillingham - The Watumull Foundation, Oral History Project|url=https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/enwiki/api/core/bitstreams/0b529d72-41f3-4f3d-856a-adc278fd8e97/content|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library|accessdate=28 November 2022}}</ref> |group=note}}
| [[Flora Kaai Hayes]]
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
| Richard K. Kimball
| Walter K. Macfarlane
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
⚫
| James M. O’Dowda
⚫
| Hebden Porteus
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
⚫
| Hebden Porteus
| Roy A. Vitousek
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
| J. Howard Worrall
| Ralph E. Woolley
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
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| Henry C. Akina
| Henry C. Akina
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| rowspan=2| [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
| rowspan=4| [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
|-
|-
| Yew Char
| Yew Char
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
⚫
|-
| George M. Eguchi
⚫
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
⚫
|-
| [[Hiram L. Fong]]
⚫
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
| George H. Holt, Jr.
| George H. Holt, Jr.
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
| [[Waianae, Hawaii|Waianae]]
| [[Waianae, Hawaii|Waianae]]
⚫
|-
| [[Charles E. Kauhane]]
⚫
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | D
⚫
| rowspan=3| [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
|-
|-
| Kam Tai Lee
| Kam Tai Lee
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
⚫
| [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]]
⚫
|-
| Bina Mossman
⚫
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
|-
|-
| rowspan=4| 6
| rowspan=4| 6
| Nicholas A. Akana
| Jacob K. Maka
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| rowspan=4| [[Kauai County, Hawaii|Kauai]]
| rowspan=4| [[Kauai County, Hawaii|Kauai]]
| [[Kalaheo, Hawaii|Kalaheo]]
| [[Hanalei, Hawaii|Hanalei]]
|-
|-
⚫
| A. Q. Marcallino
| Randolph Crossley
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Kapaa, Hawaii|Kapaa]]
| [[Eleele, Hawaii|Eleele]]
|-
|-
| Wallace Otsuka
| Jacob K. Maka
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Hanalei, Hawaii|Hanalei]]
| [[Kapaa, Hawaii|Kapaa]]
|-
|-
| Thomas Ouye
⚫
| A. Q. Marcallino
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | R
| [[Eleele, Hawaii|Eleele]]
| [[Lihue, Hawaii|Lihue]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
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[[Category:Hawaii legislative sessions]]
[[Category:Hawaii legislative sessions]]
[[Category:1943 in Hawaii]]
[[Category:1941 in Hawaii]]

Revision as of 05:55, 29 November 2022

21st Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature
←20th 22nd→
Seal of the Territory of Hawaii
Overview
Legislative bodyHawaii Territorial Legislature
JurisdictionTerritory of Hawaii, United States
Senate
Members15
PresidentGeorge P. Cooke
Vice PresidentV. A. Carvalho
House of Representatives
Members30
SpeakerArthur A. Akina
Vice SpeakerManuel Gomes Paschoal

The Twenty-First Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 20 until April 30, 1941. It was the final legislative session convened prior to the Attack on Pearl Harbor.[1]

Legislative session

The session ran from February 20 until April 30, 1941. It passed 334 bills into law.[2]

A special session ran from September 15 until November 1, 1954. It passed 98 bills into law.[3]

Act 19 (House Bill No. 58), signed by Governor Joseph Poindexter on April 11, 1941, made it a misdemeanor to label, advertise or offer for sale coffee as Hawaiian or Kona Coffee unless one hundred percent of such coffee was raised in the Territory.[4] The penalty included a fine of not more than $1,000 (around $20,000 in 2022)[5], and/or not more than one year imprisonment.[note 1]

Senators

↓
12 3
Republican Democratic
Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Republican Ind Democratic Vacant
End of previous legislature (1939)[6] 11 1 3 15 0
Begin (1941) 12 0 3 15 0
Latest voting share 80% 20%
District Senator Party County Address
1 Sanji Abe R Hawaiʻi Hilo
V. A. Carvalho R
William H. Hill R
Charles H. Silva R Kohala
2 George P. Cooke[note 2] R Maui Kaunakakai (Molokai)
Charles M. Peters R Wailuku
Harold W. Rice R Kula (Waiakoa)
3 David Y. K. Akana R Oahu Honolulu
Francis H. Ii Brown R
Joseph R. Farrington R
William H. Heen D
Francis K. Sylva R
David K. Trask D Kaneohe
4 John B. Fernandes D Kauaʻi Kapaa
Clement Gomes R Lihue

House of Representatives

↓
27 3
Republican Democratic
Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Republican Ind Democratic Vacant
End of previous legislature (1939) 28 0 2 30 0
Begin (1941) 27 0 3 30 0
Latest voting share 90% 10%
District Representative Party County Address
1 Juichi Doi R Hawaiʻi Hilo
William J. Payne R
Thomas Pedro, Jr. D
Thomas T. Sakakihara R
2 Arthur A. Akina R Kamuela
Francis K. Aona R Kealakekua
Ted T. Kuramoto R Kealakekua
Robert L. Wilhelm R Naalehu
3 Alfred A. Afat[note 3] R Maui Hoolehua (Molokai)
William H. Engle R Spreckelsville
Reuben Goodness R Wailuku
David K. Kapohakimohewa R Kula (Waiakoa)
Manuel G. Paschoal R Wailuku
Henry P. Robinson, Jr. R Lahaina
4 Lindsley Austin R Oahu Honolulu
Walter Hyde Dillingham[note 4] R
Walter K. Macfarlane R
James M. O’Dowda R
Hebden Porteus R
J. Howard Worrall R
5 Henry C. Akina R Honolulu
Yew Char D
George M. Eguchi R
Hiram L. Fong R
George H. Holt, Jr. D Waianae
Kam Tai Lee R Honolulu
6 Jacob K. Maka R Kauai Hanalei
A. Q. Marcallino R Eleele
Wallace Otsuka R Kapaa
Thomas Ouye R Lihue

References

  1. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature - Regular Session 1941". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature - Regular Session 1941". LLMC Digital. p. 33. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature - Special Session 1941". LLMC Digital. p. 14. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature - Regular Session 1941". LLMC Digital. p. 242. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  5. ^ "CPI Inflationn Calculator". Official Data Foundation / Alioth LLC. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature - Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Walter Hyde Dillingham - The Watumull Foundation, Oral History Project". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

Notes

  1. ^ Coffee labelling was regulated by Act 289 (SLH 1991). It was criminalized as a felony by Act 328 (SLH 2012).
  2. ^ Cooke was a resident of the island of Molokai which is a constituent island of the County of Maui.
  3. ^ Afat was a resident of the island of Molokai which is a constituent island of the County of Maui.
  4. ^ Nephew of Walter F. Dillingham, and eldest grandchild of Benjamin Franklin Dillingham[7]
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