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Hiram Fong

Personal data
Date of birthOctober 15, 1906
Place of birthHonolulu, Hawaii
Date of deathAugust 18, 2004(age 97)
Place of deathKahaluu, Hawaii
Resting placeOahu Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
SpouseEllyn Lo
Alma materUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
Harvard School of Law
Military service
Service/branchUnited States Army Air Forces
Years of service1942-1945
RankMajor
Unit7th Air Force
Battles/warsWorld War II
In officeAugust 21, 1959 - January 3, 1977
Succeeded bySpark Matsunaga
Preceded by(none)

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Hiram Leong Fong (, Kuàng Yǒuliáng), born Yau Leong Fong (October 15, 1906 � August 18, 2004), was an American businessman and politician from Hawaii. He is most notable for his service as Republican United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, and for being the first Asian American and Chinese American to be elected as such. In 1964, Fong became the first Asian American to run for his party's nomination for President of the United States. As of 2008, he is the only Republican to ever hold a Senate seat from Hawaii and the only Asian American to actively seek the Presidential nomination of the Republican Party. He would be followed by Patsy Mink, also from Hawaii, who sought the nomination of the Democratic Party in 1972.

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United States Senate
Preceded by
(none)		United States Senator from Hawaii|class=1
Served alongside: Oren E. Long, Daniel Inouye|
1959-1977		Succeeded by
Spark Matsunaga
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Strom Thurmond		Oldest living U.S. Senator
June 26, 2003-August 18, 2004		Succeeded by
Clifford Hansen


United States Senators from Hawaii

Class 1Fong * Matsunaga * Akaka
Class 3Long * Inouye

United States presidential election, 1964

Democratic Party1964 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBrewster * Brown * Johnson * Kennedy * Randolph * Reynolds * Wallace * Welsh * Yorty
VP CandidatesDodd * Humphrey * Kennedy * McCarthy
Republican Party1964 Republican National Convention
CandidatesFong * Goldwater * Lodge * Nixon * Rhodes * Rockefeller * Scranton * Smith * Stassen
VP CandidatesMiller

United States presidential election, 1968

Democratic Party1968 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBranigin * Crommelin * Fisher * Humphrey (campaign) * R. Kennedy (campaign) * Johnson * Lynch * McCarthy (campaign) * McGovern * Moore * Smathers * Young
VP CandidatesMuskie
Republican Party1968 Republican National Convention
CandidatesCarlson * Case * Fong * Lindsay * Nixon (campaign) * Reagan * Rhodes * N. Rockefeller * W. Rockefeller * Romney (campaign) * Stassen * Volpe
VP CandidatesAgnew * Brooke * Bush * Chafee * Evans * Finch * Hatfield * Javits * Love * Morton * Percy * Tower
Third PartyAmerican Independent Party
CandidateWallace (campaign)
VP CandidateLeMay



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