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Hiram Fong

1906 - 2004

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Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong was one of the first two senators for Hawaii after it became the 50th US state in 1959. He was the first Chinese American and first Asian American United States Senator, serving from 1959 to 1977, and to date he remains the only Republican U.S. senator from Hawaii. At the 1964 Republican National Convention, Fong became the first Asian American to receive delegate votes for his party's nomination for President of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Hiram Fong is the 17,745th most popular politician (down from 17,187th in 2024), the 12,929th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,664th in 2019) and the 977th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hiram Fong ranks 17,745 out of 19,576. Before him are Lionel Zinsou, Kinzang Dorji, Dominique Voynet, Debbie Stabenow, Giorgi Ugulava, and Manohar Lal Khattar. After him are Riikka Purra, Charlie Crist, Vladimir Parfenovich, Jane Swift, Nikolay Merkushkin, and Khadija Arib.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Hiram Fong ranks 428. Before him are Juan Argote, Stuart Milner-Barry, Mauri Rose, William Bendix, Oscar Levant, and S. I. Hayakawa. After him are Richard van der Riet Woolley, Abraham Beame, Catherine Cookson, Elisabeth Lutyens, Einar Haugen, and Barbara Bennett. Among people deceased in 2004, Hiram Fong ranks 319. Before him are Kurt Dossin, Paul Nitze, Albert Paulsen, June Maston, Eddie Hopkinson, and Beyers Naudé. After him are Henry Cockburn, Suraiya, Raja Ramanna, Brenda Fassie, Dennis Wilshaw, and Pacita Abad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hiram Fong ranks 12,933 out of 20,380. Before him are Michelle Waterson (1986), Jaime Bergman (1975), David Oliver (1982), Kitty Carlisle (1910), Janet L. Kavandi (1959), and Duke Pearson (1932). After him are Carmine Giovinazzo (1973), William O. Douglas (1898), Boots Randolph (1927), Charlie Crist (1956), Kim Rhodes (1969), and John Hagee (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hiram Fong ranks 977. Before him are Elliott Abrams (1948), Trent Lott (1941), George S. Boutwell (1818), Marin Raykov (1960), Peter Welch (1947), and Debbie Stabenow (1950). After him are Charlie Crist (1956), Jane Swift (1965), Happy Chandler (1898), William Blount (1749), Jim Justice (1951), and Samuel D. Ingham (1779).

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