Daniel Kahikina Akaka

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Dan Akaka

Daniel Kahikina Akaka (born September 11, 1924) is the junior U.S. Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only Chinese American member of the Senate. Akaka was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Annie Kahoa and Kahikina Akaka. He entered the military immediately after high school graduation, serving from 1943 to 1947. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including service on... full article at wikipedia

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Sep 11, 1924

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Honolulu

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institution	end date	degree	major/field of study
University of Hawaii	1966	Master's degree	Education
University of Hawaii	1952	Bachelor's degree
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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office, position, or title	governmental body (if position is part of one)	jurisdiction of office	district represented (if position is district-related)	appointed by (if position is appointed)	from
United States Senator	United States Senate	United States	Hawaii	John D. Waihee III	1990
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United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs	Chairman
United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
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contributor	election cycle	amount (in dollars)
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades	2006	15,000.0
American Dental Association	2006	12,000.0
International Union of Operating Engineers	2006	10,000.0
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association	2006	10,000.0
Teamsters	2006	12,500.0
United Auto Workers	2006	10,000.0
United Food and Commercial Workers	2006	10,000.0
Hope Fund	2006	10,000.0
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu	2006	13,000.0
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers	2006	10,000.0
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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act	Nay
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