List of presidents of the Hawaii Senate

The president of the Hawaii Senate (Hawaiian: Ka Pelekikena o Ka ʻAha Kenekoa) is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the Hawaii Territorial and Hawaii State Legislature.

Territorial Senate Name PeriodNicholas Russel1901Samuel E. Kaiue1901Clarence L. Crabbe1902–1904D. Paul R. Isenberg1905E. Faxon Bishop1907William Owen Smith1909Eric Alfred Knudsen1911–1913Charles F. Chillingworth1915–1921Lawrence M. Judd1923Robert W. Shingle1925–1932George P. Cooke1933–1935Harry A. Baldwin1937George P. Cooke1939–1941Harold W. Rice1943Eugene S. Capellas1945Clement Gomes1947Wilfred C. Tsukiyama1949–1954William H. Heen1955–1957Herbert K. H. Lee1959

After statehood

Sen. Name Party Term of service1stWilliam H. HillRepublican1959–19622ndNelson K. DoiDemocratic1963–19643rdKazuhisa Abe1965–19664thJohn J. Hulten1967–19685thDavid C. McClung1969–19746thJohn T. Ushijima1975–19787thRichard S. H. Wong1979 – December 19928thJames AkiDecember 1992 – May 19939thNorman MizuguchiMay 1993 – December 200010thRobert BundaDecember 2000 – January 2, 200911thColleen HanabusaJanuary 2, 2009 – November 6, 201012thShan TsutsuiNovember 6, 2010 – December 27, 201213thDonna Mercado KimDecember 28, 2012 – May 5, 201514thRon KouchiMay 5, 2015 – present

See also List of Hawaii state legislatures

Sources http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov http://lrbhawaii.org/hndbook/appe.html