# 16th Hawaii Territorial Legislature

The Sixteenth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and ran from February 18 until May 23, 1931.

## Legislative session

The session ran from February 18 until May 23, 1931. It passed 298 bills into law.
A First Special Session convened on January 18, 1932, and adjourned on March 28, 1932. It passed 19 bills into law.
The Second Special Session convened on March 29, 1932, and adjourned on June 3, 1932. It passed 76 bills into law. Act 10 (House Bill No. 27), signed by Governor Lawrence M. Judd on April 22, 1932, amended Section 1222 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii 1925, as amended, which increased the fee for certified copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates from one dollar ($1.00) to two dollars ($2.00).

## Senators

| 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 (1929) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1931) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 93.3% | 0% | 6.7% | |
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Ernest A. K. Akina | R | Hawaiʻi | Kohala |
| 1 | Stephen L. Desha Sr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Robert H. Hind | R | Hawaiʻi | Kailua |
| 1 | William K. Kamau | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 2 | George P. Cooke | R | Maui | Kaunakakai (Molokai) |
| 2 | A. Paul Low | R | Maui | Wailuku |
| 2 | Harold W. Rice | R | Maui | Pā'ia |
| 3 | Francis H. Ii Brown | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Clarence H. Cooke | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | William H. Heen | D | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | James K. Jarrett | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Robert W. Shingle | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 3 | Joseph L. Sylva | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Henry K. Aki | R | Kauaʻi | Kapaʻa |
| 4 | Charles A. Rice | R | Kauaʻi | Līhuʻe |

## House of Representatives

| 28 | 2 |
| 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 (1929) | 27 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1931) | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 93.3% | 93.3% | 6.7% | | |
| District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
| 1 | Herbert N. Ahuna | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | William J. Kimi | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | T. (Tasaku) Oka | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| 1 | Evan Da Silva | 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 | John R. Smith | R | Hawaiʻi | Hoʻokena |
| 3 | J. Walter Cameron | R | Maui | Makawao |
| 3 | William H. Engle | R | Maui | Kahului |
| 3 | Manase K. Makekau | R | Maui | Hoʻolehua (Molokai) |
| 3 | Manuel Gomes 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 | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Eben P. Lowe | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Harry T. Mills | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Ray J. O'Brien | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | Roy A. Vitousek | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 4 | J. Howard Worrall | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Albert K. Akana | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Charles H. K. Holt | D | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Wm. K. Isaacs Jr. | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | R. N. Mossman | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Nolle R. Smith | R | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 5 | Andrew M. Yamashiro | D | Oʻahu | Honolulu |
| 6 | W. A. Fernandez | R | Kauai | Kapaʻa |
| 6 | Clement Gomes | R | Kauai | Līhuʻe |
| 6 | A. Q. Marcallino | R | Kauai | ʻEleʻele |
| 6 | Fred W. Wichman | R | Kauai | Kapaʻa |