Daniel Inouye

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Daniel Ken Inouye ( ee-NOH-ay; Japanese: 井上 建; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who represented Hawaii in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is the second-longest serving U.S. senator in history. Prior to his tenure in the Senate, Inouye served in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature and the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963. Inouye was born and raised in Honolulu, in what was then the Territory of Hawaii. After enrolling at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a premedical student, he applied at the 442nd Infantry Regiment during World War II, and during that time, he lost his right arm. After the war, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1950, and a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University Law School in 1952. He was then elected to Hawaii...

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