Hiram Fong

Hiram Fong
Hiram Fong
鄺友良
	Official portrait, c. 1964
United States Senator; from Hawaii
	In office; August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	Spark Matsunaga
Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives
	In office; 1948–1954
Preceded by	Manuel Paschoal
Succeeded by	Charles E. Kauhane
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives; from the 5th district
	In office; 1938–1954
Personal details
Born	Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906; Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.
Died	August 18, 2004 (aged 97); Kahaluu, Hawaii, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Ellyn Lo (m. 1938)
Children	4; including Hiram Fong Jr.
Education	University of Hawaii, Manoa (BA); Harvard University (LLB)
Occupation	Businessman, lawyer, politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1942–1945
Rank	Major
Unit	United States Army Air Forces; • Seventh Air Force
Battles/wars	World War II
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄺友良
Simplified Chinese	邝友良
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Kuàng Yǒuliáng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Kwong3 Yau5 Leung4

Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong;^[1] October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and first Asian-American United States Senator, serving from 1959 to 1977.^[2]

At the 1964 Republican National Convention, Fong became the first Asian-American to receive delegate votes for his party's nomination for President of the United States. In the Senate, Fong supported civil rights legislation and eliminating ethnic barriers to immigration.^[3]

^ Nakaso, Dan (August 18, 2004). "Hiram Fong dead at 97". Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on September 10, 2004. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
^ Bernstein, Adam (August 19, 2004). "Hiram Fong Dies; One of First Hawaiian Senators". The Washington Post. p. B6. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
^ Bernstein, Adam (August 19, 2004). "Hiram Fong Dies". The Washington Post.

[nakaso20040818-1] Nakaso, Dan (August 18, 2004). "Hiram Fong dead at 97". Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on September 10, 2004. Retrieved July 20, 2019.

[Bernstein-2] Bernstein, Adam (August 19, 2004). "Hiram Fong Dies; One of First Hawaiian Senators". The Washington Post. p. B6. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2019.

[:0-3] Bernstein, Adam (August 19, 2004). "Hiram Fong Dies". The Washington Post.

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