title: 26th Hawaii Territorial Legislature
text: # 26th Hawaii Territorial Legislature
  
  The Twenty-Sixth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 21 until May 19, 1951.
  
  ## Legislative session
  
  The session ran from February 21 until May 19, 1951. It passed 326 bills into law.
  
  ## Senators
  
  | 9 | 6 |
  | - | - |
  | Republican | Democratic |
  | Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
  | Affiliation | Republican | Ind | Democratic | Total | Vacant |
  | End of previous legislature (1950) | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
  | Begin (1951) | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
  | Latest voting share | 60% | 60% | 40% | | |
  | District | Senator | Party | County | Address |
  | 1 | Eugene S. Capellas | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
  | 1 | William H. Hill | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
  | 1 | William J. Nobriga | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
  | 1 | Tom T. Okino | D | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
  | 2 | Toshio Ansai | R | Maui | Wailuku |
  | 2 | Wendell F. Crockett | R | Maui | Wailuku |
  | 2 | John Gomes Duarte | D | Maui | Wailuku |
  | 3 | Benjamin F. Dillingham | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 3 | Thelma Akana Harrison | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 3 | William H. Heen | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 3 | Herbert K. H. Lee | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 3 | Mary K. Robinson | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 3 | Wilfred C. Tsukiyama | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 4 | Manuel R. Aguiar, Jr. | D | Kauaʻi | Kapaa |
  | 4 | John B. Fernandes | D | Kauaʻi | Kapaa |
  
  ## House of Representatives
  
  | 21 | 9 |
  | - | - |
  | Republican | Democratic |
  | Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
  | Affiliation | Republican | Ind | Democratic | Total | Vacant |
  | End of previous legislature (1950) | 20 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 |
  | Begin (1951) | 21 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 |
  | Latest voting share | 70% | 70% | 30% | | |
  | District | Representative | Party | County | Address |
  | 1 | Joseph R. Garcia, Jr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Hakalau |
  | 1 | Peter N. Pakele, Jr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
  | 1 | Thomas T. Sakakihara | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
  | 1 | Joseph Takao Yamauchi | R | Hawaiʻi | Hilo |
  | 2 | Robert L. Hind, Jr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Holualoa |
  | 2 | Earl A. Nielsen | D | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
  | 2 | Esther K. Richardson | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
  | 2 | Julian R. Yates, Sr. | R | Hawaiʻi | Kealakekua |
  | 3 | Dee Duponte | D | Maui | Wailuku |
  | 3 | Kaneo Kishimoto | D | Maui | Wailuku |
  | 3 | E. P. Lydgate | R | Maui | Paia |
  | 3 | Manuel Gomes Paschoal | R | Maui | Wailuku |
  | 3 | Clarence K. Seong | D | Maui | Wailuku |
  | 3 | Richard St. Sure | R | Maui | Paia |
  | 4 | Flora Kaai Hayes | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 4 | Jack P. King | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 4 | Walter F. McGuire | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 4 | Hebden Porteus | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 4 | J. Ward Russell | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 4 | Russell Starr | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 5 | O. Vincent Esposito | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 5 | Hiram L. Fong | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 5 | Yasutaka Fukushima | R | Oahu | Wahiawa |
  | 5 | Mitsuyuki Kido | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 5 | Steere G. Noda | D | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 5 | Clarence Y. Shimamura | R | Oahu | Honolulu |
  | 6 | Manuel Souza Henriques | D | Kauai | Kapaa |
  | 6 | William W. Y. Leong | D | Kauai | Kapaa |
  | 6 | Noboru Miyake | R | Kauai | Lihue |
  | 6 | Wallace Otsuka | R | Kauai | Lihue |
  