# 23rd Hawaii Territorial Legislature

The Twenty-Third Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 21 until May 4, 1945. It was the final session convened in Hawaii during World War II, and the first session convened after martial law ended on October 24, 1944.

## Legislative session

The session ran from February 21 until May 4, 1945. It passed 277 bills into law, including Act 1, which enacted the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, a major repeal, consolidation and enactment of territorial law.

## 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 (1943) | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1945) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 53.3% | 53.3% | 46.7% | | |
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Eugene S. Capellas | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William H. Hill | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Thomas Pedro Jr. | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Charles H. Silva | R | Hawaiʻi | Kohala |
| 2 | A. Kamokila Campbell | D | Maui | Kalae (Molokai) |
| 2 | Clarence A. Crozier | D | Maui | Kokomo |
| 2 | Harold W. Rice | D | Maui | Kula |
| 3 | Thelma M. Akana | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Francis H. Ii Brown | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Charles S. Crane | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Ernest N. Heen | D | Oahu | Aiea |
| 3 | William H. Heen | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Francis K. Sylva | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | John B. Fernandes | D | Kauaʻi | Kapaa |
| 4 | Clement Gomes | R | Kauaʻi | Lihue |

## House of Representatives

| 21 | 9 |
| 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 (1943) | 25 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1945) | 21 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 70% | 70% | 30% | | |
| District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Joseph G. Andrews | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Amos A. Ignacio | D | Hawaiʻi | Pepeekeo |
| 1 | William J. Nobriga | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William J. Payne | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 2 | Francis K. Aona | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
| 2 | Kenneth D. Bond | R | Hawaiʻi | Hawi |
| 2 | Esther K. Richardson | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
| 2 | Robert L. Wilhelm | R | Hawaiʻi | Naalehu |
| 3 | Alfred Apaka Afat | R | Maui | Hoolehua (Molokai) |
| 3 | Reuben Goodness | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | Hal F. Hanna | D | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | Joseph A. Kaholokula | D | Maui | Paia |
| 3 | Manuel Gomes Paschoal | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | Isabelle N. Thompson | D | Maui | Kihei |
| 4 | Neal S. Blaisdell | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | James W. Glover | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Flora Kaai Hayes | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Herbert K. H. Lee | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Walter F. McGuire | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Hebden Porteus | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Yew Char | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Hiram L. Fong | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | William M. Furtado | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | George H. Holt Jr. | D | Oahu | Waianae |
| 5 | Charles E. Kauhane | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Bina Mossman | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 6 | Nicholas A. Akana | R | Kauai | Kalaheo |
| 6 | M. S. Carvalho | R | Kauai | Lihue |
| 6 | Manuel S. Henriques | D | Kauai | Kapaa |
| 6 | A. Q. Marcallino | R | Kauai | Eleele |