Daniel Inouye

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Democratic Party politician United States senator World War II veteran human lawyer military veteran politician

Daniel Inouye was a highly decorated World War II veteran and long-serving U.S. senator from Hawaii who became nationally prominent for his role on the Senate Watergate Committee.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician → United States senator → World War II veteran → human → lawyer → military veteran → politician →
awardReceived	Bronze Star Medal → Medal of Honor → Purple Heart →
burialPlace	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific →
causeOfDeath	respiratory complications →
child	Ken Inouye →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1924-09-07 →
dateOfDeath	2012-12-17 →
education	George Washington University Law School → University of Hawaii at Mānoa →
endTime	2012-12-17 (as U.S. Senator from Hawaii) →
ethnicGroup	Japanese American →
familyName	Inouye →
fullName	Daniel Ken Inouye →
givenName	Daniel →
honorificPrefix	Senator →
memberOf	Senate Watergate Committee →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
militaryUnit	442nd Regimental Combat Team →
namedAfter	Daniel K. Inouye International Airport → USS Daniel Inouye (DDG-118) →
notableFor	being the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives → being the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. Senate → longest-serving U.S. senator from Hawaii at the time of his death →
notableWork	Service on the Senate Watergate Committee →
placeOfBirth	Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, United States →
placeOfDeath	Bethesda, Maryland, United States →
positionHeld	Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations → Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation → Chair of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence → Majority Whip of the United States Senate → Member of the United States House of Representatives → President pro tempore of the United States Senate → United States senator →
religion	Methodism →
represented	Hawaii →
spouse	Irene Hirano → Margaret Shinobu Awamura →
startTime	1959-08-21 (as U.S. Representative from Hawaii) → 1963-01-03 (as U.S. Senator from Hawaii) →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities → United States Senate Watergate Committee →	member
111th United States Congress → 112th United States Congress →	senatePresidentProTempore
Daniel Inouye ("Inouye") →	familyName
Daniel Inouye ("Daniel Ken Inouye") →	fullName
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport ("Daniel K. Inouye") →	namedAfter