WASHINGTON — Hiram L. Fong, a Hawaii Republican who served in the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1977 and rose from poverty to become a venerable figure in Pacific politics, has died.

Hiram L. Fong, 97, a Hawaii Republican who served in the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1977 and rose from poverty to become a venerable figure in Pacific politics, died of kidney failure Aug. 18 at his ...

saying he picked the name in honor of Hiram Bingham, one of the first New England missionaries to arrive in Hawaii in the early 1800s. Working at age 4 Fong began working at the age of 4 ...

Sen. Hiram Fong's garden abounds with the plants, ... When Hawaii gained statehood in 1959, Fong ran for one of the two new Senate seats and became the first Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate.

HONOLULU – Hiram L. Fong (search), a son of immigrants who overcame poverty to become a millionaire businessman and the first Asian-American elected to the U.S. Senate, died Wednesday. He was 97 ...

Hiram Leong Fong, former U.S. senator and Hawaii businessman, died this morning at the age of 97. Fong, a Republican, represented Hawaii in the U.S. Senate from 1959 until his retirement in 1977 ...

HONOLULU — Hiram L. Fong, a son of immigrants who overcame poverty to become a millionaire businessman and the first Asian-American elected to the U.S. Senate, died Wednesday. He was 97. Fong, a ...

PBS Hawaii will preempt regularly scheduled programming to rebroadcast "Coming to Hawaii: An Interview with Hiram Fong," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and again on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 7:30 p.m. on KHET ...

Since Hawaii became a state in 1959, it has elected only one Republican to the Senate: Hiram Fong, who served three terms from 1959-1976. Fong was succeeded by Democrat Spark Matsunaga, who was ...