# 27th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

The Twenty-Seventh Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 18 until May 19, 1953.

## Legislative sessions

The session ran from February 18 until May 19, 1953. It passed 282 bills into law.
A special session ran from April 20 until August 5, 1954. It passed two bills into law, including Act 2, to provide additional funding to the Hawaii Statehood Commission, which was founded in 1947 to pursue statehood status for the territory.

## Senators

| 8 | 7 |
| Republican | Democratic |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Republican | Ind | Democratic | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous legislature (1951) | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1953) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 53.3% | 53.3% | 46.7% | | |
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Kazuhisa Abe | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William H. Hill | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William J. Nobriga | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Tom T. Okino | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 2 | Toshio Ansai | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 2 | Wendell F. Crockett | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 2 | John Gomes Duarte | 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 | Mary K. Robinson | R | 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

| 19 | 11 |
| Republican | Democratic |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Republican | Ind | Democratic | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous legislature (1951) | 21 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1953) | 19 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 63.3% | 63.3% | 36.7% | | |
| District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Joseph R. Garcia, Jr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Hakalau |
| 1 | Raymond M. Kobayashi | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Thomas T. Sakakihara | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Joseph Takao Yamauchi | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 2 | Robert L. Hind, Jr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Holualoa |
| 2 | Akoni Pule | D | Hawaiʻi | Halaula |
| 2 | Esther K. Richardson | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
| 2 | Thomas T. Toguchi | R | Hawaiʻi | Naalehu |
| 3 | Dee Duponte | D | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | E. P. Lydgate | R | Maui | Paia |
| 3 | Manuel Gomes Paschoal | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | Richard St. Sure | R | Maui | Paia |
| 3 | Clarence K. Seong | D | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | Bernard H. Tokunaga | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 4 | Webley Edwards | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Jack P. King | R | Oahu | Lanikai |
| 4 | Walter F. McGuire | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Hebden Porteus | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | J. Ward Russell | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | W. Russell Starr | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | O. Vincent Esposito | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Hiram L. Fong | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Yasutaka Fukushima | R | Oahu | Wahiawa |
| 5 | Charles E. Kauhane | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Steere G. Noda | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Clarence Y. Shimamura | R | 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 |