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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—HawaiiPatsy Takemoto MINK
(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 territorial house of
representatives, 1956-1958; member of the Hawaii territorial
senate, 1958-1959; member of the Hawaii state senate, 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.
Bibliography
”Patsy T. Mink” in Women in Congress, 1917-2006.
Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House
Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U. S.
House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office,
2006.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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