List of presidents of the Hawaii Senate
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The president of the Hawaii Senate is the presiding officer of the upper chamber of the Hawaii Territorial and Hawaii State Legislature.
Territorial Senate
edit| Name | Period |
|---|---|
| Nicholas Russell | 1901 |
| Samuel E. Kaiue | 1901 |
| Clarence L. Crabbe | 1902–1904 |
| D. Paul R. Isenberg | 1905 |
| E. Faxon Bishop | 1907 |
| William Owen Smith | 1909 |
| Eric Alfred Knudsen | 1911–1913 |
| Charles F. Chillingworth | 1915–1921 |
| Lawrence M. Judd | 1923 |
| Robert W. Shingle | 1925–1932 |
| George P. Cooke | 1933–1935 |
| Harry A. Baldwin | 1937 |
| George P. Cooke | 1939–1941 |
| Harold W. Rice | 1943 |
| Eugene S. Capellas | 1945 |
| Clement Gomes | 1947 |
| Wilfred C. Tsukiyama | 1949–1954 |
| William H. Heen | 1955–1957 |
| Herbert K. H. Lee | 1959 |
After statehood
edit| Sen. | Name | Party | Term of service |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | William H. Hill | Republican | 1959–1962 |
| 2nd | Nelson K. Doi | Democratic | 1963–1964 |
| 3rd | Kazuhisa Abe | 1965–1966 | |
| 4th | John J. Hulten | 1967–1968 | |
| 5th | David C. McClung | 1969–1974 | |
| 6th | John T. Ushijima | 1975–1978 | |
| 7th | Richard S. H. Wong | 1979 – December 1992 | |
| 8th | James Aki | December 1992 – May 1993 | |
| 9th | Norman Mizuguchi | May 1993 – December 2000 | |
| 10th | Robert Bunda | December 2000 – January 2, 2009 | |
| 11th | Colleen Hanabusa | January 2, 2009 – November 6, 2010 | |
| 12th | Shan Tsutsui | November 6, 2010 – December 27, 2012 | |
| 13th | Donna Mercado Kim | December 28, 2012 – May 5, 2015 | |
| 14th | Ron Kouchi | May 5, 2015 – present |