The Twenty-Eighth Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955. The majority of members of this Legislature were elected during the Hawaii Democratic Revolution of 1954.

Legislative sessions The session ran from February 16 until April 29, 1955. It passed 277 bills into law.

A special session ran from September 17 until September 25, 1956. It passed two bills into law, including Act 2, which provided compensation for public school officials.

Senators

9 6 Democratic Republican

Affiliation Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) TotalDemocraticIndRepublicanVacantEnd of previous legislature (1954) 7 0 8 150Begin (1955) 9 0 615 0Latest voting share

District Senator Party County Address 1 Kazuhisa Abe D Hawaii Hilo Nelson K. Doi D William H. Hill R William J. Nobriga D 2 Toshio Ansai R Maui Wailuku John Gomes Duarte D Dee Duponte D 3 Benjamin F. Dillingham R Oahu Honolulu William H. Heen D Joseph R. Itagaki R Herbert K. H. Lee D Sakae Takahashi D Wilfred C. Tsukiyama R 4 John B. Fernandes D Kauaʻi Kapaa Noboru Miyake R Waimea

House of Representatives

22 8 Democratic Republican

Affiliation Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) TotalDemocraticIndRepublicanVacantEnd of previous legislature (1954) 11 0 19 300Begin (1955) 22 0 830 0Latest voting share

District Representative Party County Address 1 Peter A. Aduja R Hawaii Hilo Joseph R. Garcia, Jr. R Hakalau Stanley Ikuo Hara D Hilo Raymond M. Kobayashi D 2 Robert L. Hind, Jr. R Hookena Sumio Nakashima D Holualoa Akoni Pule D Halaula Esther K. Richardson R Kealakekua 3 Elmer F. Cravalho D Maui Waiakoa Robert Nobuichi Kimura D Wailuku E. P. Lydgate R Makawao Manuel Gomes Paschoal R Wailuku David K. Trask, Jr. D Kahului Nadao Yoshinaga D Wailuku 4 Masato Doi D Oahu Honolulu Daniel K. Inouye D Anna Furtado Kahanumoku D Russell Katsuhiro Kono D Spark M. Matsunaga D Hebden Porteus R 5 George R. Ariyoshi D Honolulu O. Vincent Esposito D Yasutaka Fukushima R Wahiawa Charles E. Kauhane D Honolulu Philip P. Minn D Steere G. Noda D 6 William E. Fernandes D Kauaʻi Kapaa Manuel S. Henriques D Toshio Serizawa D Lihue Toshiharu Yama D

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