Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: An acting governor is a constitutional position created in some U.S. states when the governor dies in office or resigns. In some states, the governor may also be declared to be incapacitated and unable to function for various reasons including, illness and absence from the state for more than a specified period., A U.S. state is a constituent political entity of the United States of America. There are 50 states, which are bound together in a union with each other. Each state holds administrative jurisdiction over a defined geographic territory, and shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government. Due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government, Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons covered by certain types of court orders (e.g., paroled convicts and children of divorced spouses who are sharing custody)., The Governor of Hawaii is the chief executive of the state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments , as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V , Sections 1 through 6 . It is a directly elected position , votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state . The governor is responsible for enforcing laws passed by the Hawaii State Legislature and upholding rulings of the Hawaii State Judiciary . The role includes being commander - in - chief of the armed forces of Hawaii and having the power to use those forces to execute laws , suppress insurrection and violence and repel invasion . The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii becomes acting governor upon the governor 's absence from the state or if the governor is unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office . Historically , the Governor of Hawaii has been from either the Democratic Party of Hawaii or Hawaii Republican Party . The current Governor of Hawaii is Democrat David Ige , who assumed the position on December 1 , 2014 . Hawaii was the first state to have an Asian American governor ; George R. Ariyoshi served three terms between 1974 -- 1986 . Currently the state has had three Asian American governors , one Native Hawaiian governor , and four white governors ., The Hawaii State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state legislature is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Hawaii State House of Representatives, with 51 representatives, and an upper house, the 25-member Hawaii State Senate. There are a total of 76 representatives in the legislature, each representing single member districts across the islands. The powers of the legislature are granted under Article III of the Constitution of Hawaii.
The legislature convenes at the Hawaii State Capitol building in the state capital of Honolulu, on the island of Oahu., The Democratic Party of Hawaii is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Hawaii.
The party is a centralized organization established to promote the party platform as drafted in convention biennially. It is also charged with registering voters and delivering voter turnout through county organizations for Hawaii County, Kauai County, Maui County and the City and County of Honolulu. The Hawaii Democratic Party maintained political control of the state government in Hawaii for over forty years, from 1962 to 2002., Hawaii is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America, having received statehood on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is the only U.S. state not located in the Americas., The Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, concurrently the Secretary of State of Hawaii, is the assistant chief executive of that U.S. state and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 2 though 6. The Lieutenant Governor is elected by popular suffrage of residents of the state on the same ticket as the Governor of Hawaii. The Lieutenant Governor becomes acting Governor upon the absence of the Governor from the state, or if the Governor becomes disabled from duty. Historically, Lieutenant Governors were members of either the Hawaii Democratic Party or Hawaii Republican Party., Subject: governor of hawaii, Relation: inception, Options: (A) 1959 (B) 1962 (C) 2 (D) 25 (E) 50
Output (English): 1959