Hiram Fong
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 20 years ago |
Date of birth | October 15,1906 |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
Born | Honolulu |
Hawaii | |
United States | |
Date of died | August 18,2004 |
Died | Kahaluu |
Hawaii | |
United States | |
Party | Republican Party |
Spouse | Ellyn Lo |
Years of service | 1942–1945 |
Job | Politician |
Businessperson | |
prosecutor | |
Education | Harvard Law School |
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | |
President William McKinley High School | |
Harvard University | |
Nationality | American |
Place of burial | Oʻahu Cemetery & Crematory, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
Previous position | Senator, HI (1959–1977) |
Children | Hiram Fong Jr. |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 536857 |
Hiram Fong Life story
Hiram Leong Fong was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong became the first Chinese-American and first Asian-American United States Senator, serving from 1959 to 1977.