| − | '''Hiram Leong Fong''' October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was a [[Republican]] U.S. senator from [[Hawaii]] from 1959 to 1977, previously serving in the state's lower house. He was mostly known as a [[Moderate Republican]] though backed the [[Vietnam War]] and supported President [[Richard Nixon]]. | + | '''Hiram Leong Fong''' October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was a [[Republican]] U.S. senator from [[Hawaii]] from 1959 to 1977, previously serving in the state's lower house. He was mostly known as a [[Moderate Republican]] though backed the [[Vietnam War]] and supported President [[Richard Nixon]].<ref>Arakawa, Lynda (August 19, 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20040919000641/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Aug/19/ln/ln07a.html First Asian in U.S. Senate broke barriers]. ''HonoluluAdvertiser.com'' via ''Internet Archive''. Retrieved May 15, 2021.</ref> |