The Twenty-First Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii was a session of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature. The session convened in Honolulu, Hawaii, and ran from February 20 until April 30, 1941. It was the final legislative session convened prior to the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Legislative session The session ran from February 20 until April 30, 1941. It passed 334 bills into law.
A special session ran from September 15 until November 1, 1941. It passed 98 bills into law.
Act 19 (House Bill No. 58), signed by Governor Joseph Poindexter on April 11, 1941, made it a misdemeanor to label, advertise or offer for sale coffee as Hawaiian or Kona Coffee unless one hundred percent of such coffee was raised in the Territory. The penalty included a fine of not more than $1,000 (around $20,000 in 2022), and/or not more than one year imprisonment.
Senators
12 3 Republican Democratic
Affiliation Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) TotalRepublicanIndDemocraticVacantEnd of previous legislature (1939) 11 1 3 150Begin (1941) 12 0 315 0Latest voting share
District Senator Party County Address 1 Sanji Abe R Hawaii Hilo V. A. Carvalho R William H. Hill R Charles H. Silva R Kohala 2 George P. Cooke R Maui Kaunakakai (Molokai) Charles M. Peters R Wailuku Harold W. Rice R Kula (Waiakoa) 3 David Y. K. Akana R Oahu Honolulu Francis H. Ii Brown R Joseph R. Farrington R William H. Heen D Francis K. Sylva R David K. Trask D Kaneohe 4 John B. Fernandes D Kauaʻi Kapaa Clement Gomes R Lihue
House of Representatives
27 3 Republican Democratic
Affiliation Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) TotalRepublicanIndDemocraticVacantEnd of previous legislature (1939) 28 0 2 300Begin (1941) 27 0 330 0Latest voting share
District Representative Party County Address 1 Juichi Doi R Hawaii Hilo William J. Payne R Thomas Pedro, Jr. D Thomas T. Sakakihara R 2 Arthur A. Akina R Kamuela Francis K. Aona R Kealakekua Ted T. Kuramoto R Kealakekua Robert L. Wilhelm R Naalehu 3 Alfred A. Afat R Maui Hoolehua (Molokai) William H. Engle R Spreckelsville Reuben Goodness R Wailuku David K. Kapohakimohewa R Kula (Waiakoa) Manuel G. Paschoal R Wailuku Henry P. Robinson, Jr. R Lahaina 4 Lindsley Austin R Oahu Honolulu Walter Hyde Dillingham R Walter K. Macfarlane R James M. O’Dowda R Hebden Porteus R J. Howard Worrall R 5 Henry C. Akina R Honolulu Yew Char D George M. Eguchi R Hiram L. Fong R George H. Holt, Jr. D Waianae Kam Tai Lee R Honolulu 6 Jacob K. Maka R Kauaʻi Hanalei A. Q. Marcallino R Eleele Wallace Otsuka R Kapaa Thomas Ouye R Lihue
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