Daniel Inouye

Daniel Inouye (1924-2012) was a politician who served as Hawaii's first U.S. Representative in the United States Congress from 1959 to 1963, before serving as a senator for the state from 1963 until his death in 2012. Additionally, he was president pro tempore of the Senate beginning in 2010, third in line to the presidency.
In 1989, Big Bird visited the U.S. Capitol and was photographed shaking Inouye's hand.
Years later in 2011, Inouye met Elmo while attending a press conference announcing a partnership between Sesame Workshop and the National Children's Museum.The San Diego Union-Tribune "‘Sesame Street’ to help create new museum near DC," February 3, 2011 A photo of Inouye and Elmo from the event hangs on the wall of a recreation of Inouye's office at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu.Daniel K. Inouye Institute "Display at the Mauka Concourse at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)"
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