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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—HawaiiMINK, Patsy Takemoto
(1927—2002)
MINK, Patsy Takemoto, a Representative from Hawaii; born Patsy Matsu Takemoto, December 6, 1927, in Paia, Maui County, Hawaii; graduated from Maui High School, Maui, Hawaii, 1944; attended Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa., 1946; attended the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr., 1947; B.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, 1948; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Ill., 1951; lawyer, private practice; lecturer, University of Hawaii, 1952-1956, 1959-1962, and 1979-1981; attorney for Hawaii territorial house of representatives, 1955; member of the Hawaii state house of representatives, 1956-1958; member of the Hawaii state senate, 1958-1959 and 1962-1964; delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1960, 1972, 1980, and 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, 1977-1978; president, Americans for Democratic Action, 1978-1981; member, Honolulu, Hawaii, city council, 1983-1987, chair, 1983-1985; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Daniel K. Akaka; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (September 22, 1990-September 28, 2002); died on September 28, 2002, in Honolulu, Hawaii; posthumously elected to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.
Davidson, Sue. Jeannette Rankin and Patsy Takemoto Mink: A Heart in Politics.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1994.
Mink, Patsy T. “Energy and Environment: Which is Undermining Which?” Natural Resources Lawyer
9 (1976): 19-39.
———. “Reclamation and Rollcalls: The Political Struggle Over Stripmining.” Environmental Policy and Law
2 (December 1976): 176-80.
“Patsy Takemoto Mink” in Women in Congress, 1917-1990.
Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Nomination of Patsy T. Mink: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, March 22, 1977.
95th Cong., 1st sess., 1977. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1977.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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