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Hiram Leong Fong (鄺友良; pinyin: Ku??ng Yǒuli??ng), formally Yau Leong Fong (October 15, 1906 ??? August 18, 2004), was an United States|American elder statesman and business tycoon industrialist from Hawaii. He is most notable for his service as Hawaii Republican Party|Republican United States Senate|United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, 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. To date, he is the only Republican Party (United States)|Republican to ever hold a Senate seat from Hawaii Fong was born in the City & County of Honolulu|Honolulu neighborhood of Kalihi on the island of Oahu. He attended local public schools and graduated from President William McKinley High School in 1924. In 1930, Fong obtained a degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and in 1935 obtained his doctorate of jurisprudence from Harvard University. He returned to Honolulu and worked in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu. In 1938, Fong went into private legal practice and founded the firm of Fong, Miho, Choy and Robinson. The same year he founded his law office, Fong entered elected political life as a member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives|Hawaii Territorial House of Representatives where he became Speaker of the House from 1948 to 1954. He was forced into retirement when the Democratic Party of Hawaii successfully ended a Hawaii Republican Party stronghold over the Hawaii State Legislature|territorial legislature by voting most Republican incumbents out of office. Upon achieving statehood through the Admission Act|Admission Act of 1959, Hawaii returned Fong to elected office becoming one of its first United States Senators. He served alongside former Governor of Hawaii Oren E. Long, a career Democratic Party of Hawaii|Democrat and popular territorial leader. Fong twice ran favorite son campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination, in 1964 and 1968. In 1964, he became the first Asian-American to receive votes for president at a major party convention, receiving the votes of the Hawaii and Alaska delegations. After his retirement, Fong and his wife managed a 725 acre (2.9 km²) garden that was opened to the public in 1988. It was noted that he worked in the garden until a week before his death. With the death of Senator Strom Thurmond on June 26, 2003, Fong became the oldest living person at that time to have served in the U.S. Senate until his death in August 2004.
start box U.S. Senator box| state=Hawaii| before=(none)| after=Spark Matsunaga| years=1959???1977| alongside=Oren E. Long, Daniel Inouye| end box Category:1906 births|Fong, Hiram Category:2004 deaths|Fong, Hiram Category:Chinese Americans|Fong, Hiram Category:United States Senators from Hawaii|Fong, Hiram pl:Hiram Fong This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hiram Fong".
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