sentences:  Hiram Fong, who served three decades in the Senate from 1959 to 1977, is the first and one of only two Chinese American members to have entered Congress.Daniel Inouye (serving since 1959) was the first Japanese American in the House and later the first in Senate.Patsy Mink (served 1965–77 and again from 1990 to 2002) was the first Asian American woman in Congress.