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Teacher Politicians in Hawaii
school teachers, principals, superintendents

Daniel Kahikina Akaka (1924-2018) — also known as Daniel K. Akaka — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, September 11, 1924. Democrat. School teacher and principal; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 1974; U.S. Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 1977-90; resigned 1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 1990-; appointed 1990. Congregationalist. Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, April 6, 2018 (age 93 years, 207 days). Interment at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.   Relatives: Son of Kahikina Akaka and Annie (Kahoa) Akaka; married 1948 to Mary Mildred Chong.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   James Aki (b. 1936) — of Waianae, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, September 10, 1936. School teacher; member of Hawaii state house of representatives, 1970-72. Asian/Pacific ancestry. Member, Lions. Still living as of 1972.   Relatives: Son of Walter D. Aki and Lillian (Ushigusa) Aki; married, November 7, 1959, to Faye R. Hayashi.   Neal Shaw Blaisdell (1902-1975) — also known as Neal S. Blaisdell — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, November 6, 1902. Republican. School teacher; member of Hawaii territorial House of Representatives, 1944-46; member of Hawaii territorial senate, 1946-50; mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1955-69. Died, from a probable brain hemorrhage, in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, November 5, 1975 (age 72 years, 364 days). Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.   Relatives: Son of William Wallace Blaisdell and Malia K. (Merseberg) Blaisdell; married, October 23, 1926, to Lucy Thurston.   The Neal S. Blaisdell Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Gerald Michael Gabbard (b. 1948) — also known as Mike Gabbard — Born in Fagatogo, American Samoa, January 15, 1948. School teacher; restauranteur; candy manufacturer; Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Hawaii 2nd District, 2004; member of Hawaii state senate, 2007-20 (19th District 2007-12, 20th District 2013-20). Samoan ancestry. Still living as of 2021.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Harrison Gabbard, Jr. and Aknesis Agnes (Yandall) Gabbard; father of Tulsi Gabbard.   Jack Hifuo Mizuha (1913-1986) — also known as Jack H. Mizuha — of Lihue, Island of Kauai, Kauai County, Hawaii. Born in Waihee, Island of Maui, Maui County, Hawaii, November 5, 1913. Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, 1952 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); Hawaii territory attorney general, 1958-59; Hawaii state attorney general, 1959; circuit judge in Hawaii, 1959-61; justice of Hawaii state supreme court, 1961-68. Japanese ancestry. Died September 7, 1986 (age 72 years, 306 days). Burial location unknown.   See also Wikipedia article   Patricia Fukuda Saiki (b. 1930) — also known as Patricia F. Saiki; Patricia Hatsue Fukuda — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, May 28, 1930. Republican. School teacher; business executive; member of Hawaii state house of representatives, 1968-74; delegate to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1969; member of Hawaii state senate, 1974-82; U.S. Representative from Hawaii 1st District, 1987-91; candidate for U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 1990; candidate for Governor of Hawaii, 1994. Female. Japanese ancestry. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Brian Emanuel Schatz (b. 1972) — also known as Brian Schatz — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich., October 20, 1972. Democrat. School teacher; member of Hawaii state house of representatives, 1998-2006; Hawaii Democratic state chair, 2008-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 2008; Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, 2010-12; U.S. Senator from Hawaii, 2012-. Jewish. Still living as of 2018.   See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article Casey Tanaka — of Coronado, San Diego County, Calif. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. School teacher; mayor of Coronado, Calif., 2008-. Still living as of 2014.   Image source: City of Coronado

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