Daniel Ken Inouye

US Senator and Representative from Hawaii

A Senator and a Representative from Hawaii; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, September 7, 1924; attended the public schools of Honolulu; during the Second World War volunteered as a private in 1943 and retired after much action as a captain in 1947; belatedly received the Congressional Medal of Honor on June 21, 2000, for heroism in battle during Second World War; graduated, University of Hawaii 1950 and George Washington University Law School 1952; admitted to the bar in 1953 and commenced practice in Honolulu; assistant public prosecutor in Honolulu 1953-1954; majority leader in the Territorial house of representatives 1954-1958; member of the Territorial senate 1958-1959; upon the admission of Hawaii into the Union was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress for the term commencing August 21, 1959; reelected to the Eighty-seventh Congress and served until January 3, 1963; was not a candidate for renomination to the House of Representatives in 1962, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1962; reelected in 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004 and again in 2010 for the term ending January 3, 2017; chair, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-fourth to Ninety-sixth Congresses), Committee on Indian Affairs (One Hundredth to One Hundred Third Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]), Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaraguan Opposition (One Hundredth Congress), Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (One Hundred Tenth Congress), Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Eleventh and One Hundred Twelfth Congresses). Inouye became friends with a fellow American soldier named Bob Dole -- who later became a U.S. senator from Kansas. Inouye and Dole would often work together on issues when Dole was Senate Republican leader. Dole also lost the use of his right arm in World War II. Inouye is survived by his wife, Irene, a son, Ken, and a granddaughter named Maggie. Inouye's first wife, Margaret, died in 2006.

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Tony Podesta	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Frank Pallone, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei, Colleen Hanabusa
Victor H Fazio	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei
Daniel C Tate Jr	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Frank Pallone, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Wyche Fowler Jr, Daniel B Maffei
Lisa Kountoupes	John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Frank Pallone, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei
Steven M Champlin	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Frank Pallone, Ed Towns, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei, Capac Leadership PAC
Kathleen M Ramsey	Daniel Kahikina Akaka, Howard Lawrence Berman, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Ed Markey, Ed Towns, Greg Walden, Henry Waxman, Daniel B Maffei, Colleen Hanabusa
Charles M Brain	John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Frank Pallone, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei, Colleen Hanabusa
Claudia James	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Frank Pallone, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle
Vincent M Versage	Daniel Kahikina Akaka, Howard Lawrence Berman, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei, Colleen Hanabusa
Matthew Berzok	John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Frank Pallone, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei
Edward O Fritts	Daniel Kahikina Akaka, Howard Lawrence Berman, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Greg Walden, Henry Waxman, Colleen Hanabusa
Heather Podesta	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Mazie Hirono, Doris Okada Matsui, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei, Colleen Hanabusa
James C Free	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Ed Markey, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Wyche Fowler Jr
Alicia W Smith	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Tom Feeney, Doris Okada Matsui, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei
Tom Downey	Howard Lawrence Berman, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Daniel B Maffei, Colleen Hanabusa
Jack Valenti	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Eliot Engel, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Ed Towns, Tom Daschle, Wyche Fowler Jr
Marshall A Brachman	Howard Lawrence Berman, Eliot Engel, Tom Feeney, Ed Markey, Frank Pallone, Tom Daschle, Wyche Fowler Jr, Daniel B Maffei
Linda Daschle	Howard Lawrence Berman, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Mazie Hirono, Doris Okada Matsui, Ed Towns, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle
John A Merrigan	Daniel Kahikina Akaka, John Conyers Jr, John Dingell, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Frank Pallone, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle
Amy Rothschild Friedkin	Howard Lawrence Berman, Eliot Engel, Mazie Hirono, Ed Markey, Doris Okada Matsui, Henry Waxman, Tom Daschle, Wyche Fowler Jr

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Types	Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative
Gender	Male
Birthday	Sep 7 '24
Date of death	December 2012
Website	http://inouye.senate.gov/
Aliases	Daniel K Inouye, Daniel K. Inouye

FEC Candidate: S4HI00011

Daniel Ken Inouye

US Senator and Representative from Hawaii

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