Daniel Inouye

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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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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)


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