21st Hawaii Territorial Legislature
| 21st Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature | |||||
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 Seal of the Territory of Hawaii | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Legislative body | Hawaii Territorial Legislature | ||||
| Jurisdiction | Territory of Hawaii, United States | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 15 | ||||
| President | George P. Cooke | ||||
| Vice President | V. A. Carvalho | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 30 | ||||
| Speaker | Arthur A. Akina | ||||
| Vice Speaker | Manuel Gomes Paschoal | ||||
The Twenty-First Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 20 until April 30, 1941. It was the final legislative session convened prior to the Attack on Pearl Harbor.[1]
Legislative session[edit]
The session ran from February 20 until April 30, 1941. It passed 334 bills into law.[2]
A special session ran from September 15 until November 1, 1941. It passed 98 bills into law.[3]
Act 19 (House Bill No. 58), signed by Governor Joseph Poindexter on April 11, 1941, made it a misdemeanor to label, advertise or offer for sale coffee as Hawaiian or Kona Coffee unless one hundred percent of such coffee was raised in the Territory.[4] The penalty included a fine of not more than $1,000 (around $20,000 in 2022),[5] and/or not more than one year imprisonment.[note 1]
Senators[edit]
| ↓ | ||
| 12 | 3 | |
| Republican | Democratic | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ind | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1939)[6] | 11 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Begin (1941) | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 80% | 20% | |||
| District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanji Abe | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| V. A. Carvalho | R | |||
| William H. Hill | R | |||
| Charles H. Silva | R | Kohala | ||
| 2 | George P. Cooke[note 2] | R | Maui | Kaunakakai (Molokai) |
| Charles M. Peters | R | Wailuku | ||
| Harold W. Rice | R | Kula (Waiakoa) | ||
| 3 | David Y. K. Akana | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| Francis H. Ii Brown | R | |||
| Joseph R. Farrington | R | |||
| William H. Heen | D | |||
| Francis K. Sylva | R | |||
| David K. Trask | D | Kaneohe | ||
| 4 | John B. Fernandes | D | Kauaʻi | Kapaa |
| Clement Gomes | R | Lihue |
House of Representatives[edit]
| ↓ | ||
| 27 | 3 | |
| Republican | Democratic | |
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
|
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ind | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature (1939) | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Begin (1941) | 27 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 90% | 10% | |||
| District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juichi Doi | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
| William J. Payne | R | |||
| Thomas Pedro, Jr. | D | |||
| Thomas T. Sakakihara | R | |||
| 2 | Arthur A. Akina | R | Kamuela | |
| Francis K. Aona | R | Kealakekua | ||
| Ted T. Kuramoto | R | Kealakekua | ||
| Robert L. Wilhelm | R | Naalehu | ||
| 3 | Alfred A. Afat[note 3] | R | Maui | Hoolehua (Molokai) |
| William H. Engle | R | Spreckelsville | ||
| Reuben Goodness | R | Wailuku | ||
| David K. Kapohakimohewa | R | Kula (Waiakoa) | ||
| Manuel G. Paschoal | R | Wailuku | ||
| Henry P. Robinson, Jr. | R | Lahaina | ||
| 4 | Lindsley Austin | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
| Walter Hyde Dillingham[note 4] | R | |||
| Walter K. Macfarlane | R | |||
| James M. O’Dowda | R | |||
| Hebden Porteus | R | |||
| J. Howard Worrall | R | |||
| 5 | Henry C. Akina | R | Honolulu | |
| Yew Char | D | |||
| George M. Eguchi | R | |||
| Hiram L. Fong | R | |||
| George H. Holt, Jr. | D | Waianae | ||
| Kam Tai Lee | R | Honolulu | ||
| 6 | Jacob K. Maka | R | Kauai | Hanalei |
| A. Q. Marcallino | R | Eleele | ||
| Wallace Otsuka | R | Kapaa | ||
| Thomas Ouye | R | Lihue |
References[edit]
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature – Regular Session 1941". LLMC Digital. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature – Regular Session 1941". LLMC Digital. p. 33. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature – Special Session 1941". LLMC Digital. p. 14. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twenty-First Legislature – Regular Session 1941". LLMC Digital. p. 242. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
- ^ "CPI Inflationn Calculator". Official Data Foundation / Alioth LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
- ^ "Laws of the Territory of Hawaii Passed by the Twentieth Legislature – Regular Session 1939". LLMC Digital. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
- ^ "Walter Hyde Dillingham – The Watumull Foundation, Oral History Project". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Coffee labelling was regulated by Act 289 (SLH 1991). It was criminalized as a felony by Act 328 (SLH 2012).
- ^ Cooke was a resident of the island of Molokai which is a constituent island of the County of Maui.
- ^ Afat was a resident of the island of Molokai which is a constituent island of the County of Maui.
- ^ Nephew of Walter F. Dillingham, and eldest grandchild of Benjamin Franklin Dillingham[7]