[DOC] [TLE] Hiram Fong - Wikipedia [PAR] Hiram Leong Fong born Yau Leong Fong (October 15, 1906  August 18, 2004), 
was an American businessman and politician from Hawaii. He is most notable for 
his service as Republican United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, and for 
being the first Asian American and ... Fong founded several businesses after 
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Elected to the United States Senate on July 28, 1959 , he was sworn into office 
on ... Fong represented the United States as a Delegate to the 150th Anniversary
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was the first Chinese-American to be elected as US Senator. [DOC] [TLE] Famous Firsts by Asian Americans - Infoplease [PAR] The first female Asian American elected to Congress was Patsy Takemoto Mink, 
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for a seat in the House of Representatives, representing New Orleans, Louisiana,
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He began working at the age of four by picking mesquite beans for ten cents a ... 
The tireless Fong (who died August 18, 2004) was the first Asian American in the
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was aware that as the first elected Asian-American senator, his... [DOC] [TLE] American asian elected [PAR] History of asian americans wikipedia the free encyclopedia asian american 
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as he one a seat in the upper .... US Tax Foundation Hawaii Info. [DOC] [TLE] Text - US Government Publishing Office [PAR] Dec 13, 2005 ... Mr. Speaker, Senator Hiram L. Fong gave over 30 years of ... He began his 
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represent the people of Hawaii

Question: The first Asian-American U.S. senator was Hiram Fong, who began representing this state in 1959
Answer: Hawaii