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Hiram Fong
Hiram Leong Fong (), born Yau Leong Fong〔 (October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004), was an American businessman and politician from Hawaii. He is most notable for his service as Republican United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, and for being the first Asian American and Chinese American to be elected as such. In 1964, Fong became the first Asian American to run for his party's nomination for President of the United States. To date, he is the only Republican to ever hold a Senate seat from Hawaii and the only Asian American to actively seek the presidential nomination of the Republican Party. He would be followed by Patsy Mink, also from Hawaii, who sought the nomination of the Democratic Party in 1972.
== Early years ==
Fong was born in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kalihi on the island of Oahu as the seventh of 11 children of father Fong Sau Howe and mother Fong Lum Shee. He attended local public schools and graduated from McKinley High School in 1924.〔
In 1930, Fong obtained a degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and in 1935 obtained a law degree from Harvard University. He returned to Honolulu and worked in the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of Honolulu. In 1938, Fong went into private legal practice and founded the firm of Fong, Miho, Choy and Robinson. In 1942, he changed his name to "Hiram".〔Nakaso, Dan. "(Hiram Fong dead at 97 )" ''Honolulu Advertiser'', 18 August 2004.〕 During World War II he served as a major in the United States Army Air Forces as a Judge Advocate, later retiring as a colonel from the United States Air Force Reserve.〔〔(Fong Garden biography )〕
In 1952, along with five other island families, Hiram Fong started (Finance Factors ), one of the first industrial and consumer loan companies, to service the growing minorities who were seeking to start new businesses and buy homes.〔http://www.senatorfong.com/finance_factors.html〕
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