# 28th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

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) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Ind | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous legislature (1954) | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1955) | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 60% | 60% | 40% | | |
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Kazuhisa Abe | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Nelson K. Doi | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William H. Hill | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William J. Nobriga | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 2 | Toshio Ansai | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 2 | John Gomes Duarte | D | Maui | Wailuku |
| 2 | Dee Duponte | D | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | Benjamin F. Dillingham | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | William H. Heen | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Joseph R. Itagaki | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Herbert K. H. Lee | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Sakae Takahashi | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Wilfred C. Tsukiyama | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | John B. Fernandes | D | Kauaʻi | Kapaa |
| 4 | Noboru Miyake | R | Kauaʻi | Waimea |

## House of Representatives

| 22 | 8 |
| Democratic | Republican |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Ind | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous legislature (1954) | 11 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1955) | 22 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 73.3% | 73.3% | 26.7% | | |
| District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Peter A. Aduja | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Joseph R. Garcia, Jr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Hakalau |
| 1 | Stanley Ikuo Hara | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Raymond M. Kobayashi | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 2 | Robert L. Hind, Jr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Hookena |
| 2 | Sumio Nakashima | D | Hawaiʻi | Holualoa |
| 2 | Akoni Pule | D | Hawaiʻi | Halaula |
| 2 | Esther K. Richardson | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
| 3 | Elmer F. Cravalho | D | Maui | Waiakoa |
| 3 | Robert Nobuichi Kimura | D | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | E. P. Lydgate | R | Maui | Makawao |
| 3 | Manuel Gomes Paschoal | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | David K. Trask, Jr. | D | Maui | Kahului |
| 3 | Nadao Yoshinaga | D | Maui | Wailuku |
| 4 | Masato Doi | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Daniel K. Inouye | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Anna Furtado Kahanumoku | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Russell Katsuhiro Kono | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Spark M. Matsunaga | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Hebden Porteus | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | George R. Ariyoshi | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | O. Vincent Esposito | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Yasutaka Fukushima | R | Oahu | Wahiawa |
| 5 | Charles E. Kauhane | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Philip P. Minn | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Steere G. Noda | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 6 | William E. Fernandes | D | Kauai | Kapaa |
| 6 | Manuel S. Henriques | D | Kauai | Kapaa |
| 6 | Toshio Serizawa | D | Kauai | Lihue |
| 6 | Toshiharu Yama | D | Kauai | Lihue |