Fong, Hiram, 1907-2004
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Fong, Hiram, 1907-2004
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Fong, Hiran Leong, 1907-
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Fong, Hiram L. 1907-2004
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Fong, Hiram Leong, 1907-2004
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Hiram Leong
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Hiram Leong Fong (Chinese: 鄺友良; pinyin: Kuàng Yǒuliáng; Cantonese Yale: Kwong3 Yau5 Leung4), born Yau Leong Fong[1] (October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004), was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. The son of illiterate Cantonese immigrants, he overcame poverty to become the first Asian-American United States Senator, serving from 1959 to 1977.[2] In 1964, Fong became the first Asian-American to run for his party's nomination for President of the United States. He is the only Republican to ever have served as a Senator from Hawaii, and was the only Asian-American to seek the presidential nomination of the Republican Party until Bobby Jindal in the 2016 primaries.
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