Daniel Inouye
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| President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate | |
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In office June 28, 2010 – December 17, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Byrd |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Leahy |
| Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2009 – December 17, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Byrd |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Mikulski |
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United States Senator from Hawaii |
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In office January 3, 1963 – December 17, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Oren Long |
| Succeeded by | Brian Schatz |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's at-large district |
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In office August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
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| Preceded by | John Burns (Delegate) |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Gill |
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Daniel Ken Inouye September 7, 1924 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 2012 (aged 88) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Maggie Shinobu Awamura (1949–2006) Irene Hirano (2008–2012) |
| Children | 1 son |
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University of Hawaii, Manoa (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1943–1947 |
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 Captain
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| Unit | 442nd Regimental Combat Team |
| Battles/wars | World War II (WIA) |
| Awards |
 Medal of Honor Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal
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Daniel Ken "Dan" Inouye (Japanese: 井上 建 Hepburn: Inoue Ken?, pronounced /iːˈnoʊwɛ/ ē-NOH-weh; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1963 to 2012. He was a member of the Democratic Party, and he was President pro tempore of the United States Senate (3rd in line in the Presidential Line of Succession) from 2010 until his death in 2012, making him the highest-ranking Asian American politician in U.S. history. Inouye also served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations.
Inouye fought in World War II as part of the 442nd Infantry Regiment. He lost his right arm to a grenade wound and received several military decorations, including the nation's highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Returning to Hawaii, he earned a law degree and was elected to Hawaii's territorial House of Representatives in 1953, and to the territorial Senate in 1957. When Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959, Inouye was elected as its first member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and in 1962 he was first elected to the U.S. Senate. Inouye was the most senior U.S. senator at the time of his death. He is one of the longest-serving U.S. Senators in history, second only to Robert Byrd. Inouye was the first Japanese American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and later the first in the U.S. Senate. He never lost an election in 58 years as an elected official, and exercised an outsize influence on Hawaii politics. At the time of his death, Inouye was the second-oldest sitting U.S. senator, seven and one-half months younger than Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, both 88 years old.
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