The Twenty-Seventh Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 18 until May 19, 1953.

Legislative sessions The session ran from February 18 until May 19, 1953. It passed 282 bills into law.

A special session ran from April 20 until August 5, 1954. It passed two bills into law, including Act 2, to provide additional funding to the Hawaii Statehood Commission, which was founded in 1947 to pursue statehood status for the territory.

Senators

8 7 Republican Democratic

Affiliation Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) TotalRepublicanIndDemocraticVacantEnd of previous legislature (1951) 9 0 6 150Begin (1953) 8 0 715 0Latest voting share

District Senator Party County Address 1 Kazuhisa Abe D Hawaii Hilo William H. Hill R William J. Nobriga D Tom T. Okino D 2 Toshio Ansai R Maui Wailuku Wendell F. Crockett R John Gomes Duarte D 3 Benjamin F. Dillingham R Oahu Honolulu William H. Heen D Joseph R. Itagaki R Herbert K. H. Lee D Mary K. Robinson R Wilfred C. Tsukiyama R 4 John B. Fernandes D Kauaʻi Kapaa Noboru Miyake R Waimea

House of Representatives

19 11 Republican Democratic

Affiliation Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) TotalRepublicanIndDemocraticVacantEnd of previous legislature (1951) 21 0 9 300Begin (1953) 19 0 1130 0Latest voting share

District Representative Party County Address 1 Joseph R. Garcia, Jr. R Hawaii Hakalau Raymond M. Kobayashi D Hilo Thomas T. Sakakihara R Joseph Takao Yamauchi R 2 Robert L. Hind, Jr. R Holualoa Akoni Pule D Halaula Esther K. Richardson R Kealakekua Thomas T. Toguchi R Naalehu 3 Dee Duponte D Maui Wailuku E. P. Lydgate R Paia Manuel Gomes Paschoal R Wailuku Richard St. Sure R Paia Clarence K. Seong D Wailuku Bernard H. Tokunaga R 4 Webley Edwards R Oahu Honolulu Jack P. King R Lanikai Walter F. McGuire R Honolulu Hebden Porteus R J. Ward Russell R W. Russell Starr R 5 O. Vincent Esposito D Honolulu Hiram L. Fong R Yasutaka Fukushima R Wahiawa Charles E. Kauhane D Honolulu Steere G. Noda D Clarence Y. Shimamura R 6 William E. Fernandes D Kauaʻi Kapaa Manuel S. Henriques D Toshio Serizawa D Lihue Toshiharu Yama D

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