# 17th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

The Seventeenth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 15 until June 1, 1933. On April 26, 1933, Governor Lawrence M. Judd extended the session by Executive Order.

## Legislative session

The session ran from February 15 until June 1, 1933. It passed 212 bills into law.

## Senators

| 11 | 0 | 4 |
| Republican | Independent | 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 (1932) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1933) | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 73.3% | 0% | 26.7% | |
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | James Campsie | R | Hawaiʻi | Pāhala |
| 1 | Stephen L. Desha Sr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William H. Hill | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Robert H. Hind | R | Hawaiʻi | Kailua |
| 2 | George P. Cooke | R | Maui | Kaunakakai (Molokai) |
| 2 | Harry H. Holt | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 2 | Harold W. Rice | R | Maui | Pā'ia |
| 3 | Francis H. Ii Brown | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Henry Freitas | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | William H. Heen | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Lester Petrie | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Joseph L. Sylva | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | David K. Trask | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Charles A. Rice | R | Kauaʻi | Līhuʻe |
| 4 | Elsie H. Wilcox | R | Kauaʻi | Līhuʻe |

## House of Representatives

| 20 | 10 |
| 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 (1932) | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1933) | 20 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 66.7% | 66.7% | 33.3% | | |
| District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Herbert N. Ahuna | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Daniel A. Devine | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | John A. Lee | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Thomas T. Sakakihara | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 2 | Arthur A. Akina | R | Hawaiʻi | Kamuela |
| 2 | Francis K. Aona | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
| 2 | George K. Kawaha | R | Hawaiʻi | Waiʻōhinu (Kaʻū) |
| 2 | Shunzo Ushiroda | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
| 3 | Y.H. Char | R | Maui | Makawao |
| 3 | William H. Engle | R | Maui | Kahului |
| 3 | Thomas Holstein | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 3 | Manuel G. Paschoal | R | Maui | Puʻunēnē |
| 3 | Henry P. Robinson Jr. | R | Maui | Lahaina |
| 3 | Samuel A. Sniffen | R | Maui | Pā'ia |
| 4 | Eugene H. Beebe | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Ezra J. Crane | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | William H. Crozier Jr. | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | O.P. Soares | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Ralph E. Woolley | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | J. Howard Worrall | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | William Borthwick | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Yew Char | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Christopher K. Holt | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | George H. Holt Jr. | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Jonah Kumalae | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Andrew M. Yamashiro | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
| 6 | Theodore Anderson | D | Kauai | Kekaha |
| 6 | John J. Gomez | D | Kauai | Līhuʻe |
| 6 | Thomas Ouye | R | Kauai | Līhuʻe |
| 6 | Fred W. Wichman | R | Kauai | Kapaʻa |