Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician (born 1906)

Hiram Fong

American politician (1906–2004)

Hiram Leong Fong 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. He was the first Chinese American and first Asian…