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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.
Aug 18, 2004 · 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.
Senator Hiram Fong became one of Hawaii’s first two U.S. senators in 1959, upon the state’s admission to the Union. The son of Chinese immigrants, Fong was also the first U.S. senator of Asian ancestry.
Aug 18, 2006 · Hiram Fong combined the American dream with the realities of business and politics. The seventh of eleven children born to Chinese immigrants, he worked his way through school, graduating from Harvard Law, and became the first Asian American to serve in the U.S. Senate (1959 - 1977).
May 11, 2018 · The son of immigrant plantation laborers, Hiram L. Fong (born 1907) became a self-made millionaire and the first person of Chinese descent to serve in the United States Congress. Hiram L. Fong capped a life spent blazing trails when he was sworn in as Hawaii's first United States Senator on August 24, 1959.
Senator Hiram L. Fong. First Asian American elected to the U.S. Senate. Biographical Sketch. HIRAM LEONG FONG. 1906-2004. PERSONAL. Hiram Leong Fong was born in the Kalihi District of Honolulu, Hawaii, on October 15, 1906, the seventh of eleven children of Mr. and Mrs. Lum Fong.
Aug 19, 2004 · Hiram L. Fong, a son of Chinese immigrants who overcame poverty to become a millionaire businessman and the first Asian-American elected to the United States Senate, died Wednesday at his...
