Judiciary and politics
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See also: Asian Americans in government and politics and List of Asian American jurists |
- 1927: Kinjiro Matsudaira becomes the first Asian-American mayor of a city (Edmonston, MD) in the United States.
- 1946: Wing F. Ong becomes the first Asian-American to be elected to a state legislative body in the United States, in the Arizona House of Representatives.[44][45][46][47]
- 1957: Dalip Singh Saund becomes the first Asian-American elected to the United States Congress, as a Representative for California's 29th district.
- 1964: Hiram Fong becomes the first Asian-American U.S. Senator.[48][49]
- 1964: Hiram Fong becomes the first Asian-American candidate for U.S. president.[48][49]
- 1965: Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
- 1971: Norman Mineta becomes the first Asian-American mayor of a major city (San Jose, CA) in the United States.[50]
- 1971: Herbert Choy becomes the first Asian-American U.S. federal court judge, appointed to the U.S. court of appeals for the ninth circuit.[51]
- 1972: Patsy Mink becomes the first Asian-American Democratic candidate for U.S. president.[52]
- 1974: George Ariyoshi becomes the first Asian-American governor of a U.S. state.[53]
- 1984: Joy Cherian becomes the first Asian-American Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- 1996: Gary Locke is elected Governor of Washington, becoming first Asian American to be elected Governor of a mainland U.S. state.[54]
- 1998: Susan Oki Mollway became the first East Asian woman ever appointed to a life-time position on the federal bench.[55][56]
- 2000: Norman Mineta becomes the first Asian American to hold a presidential cabinet post when he is appointed as the United States Secretary of Commerce.[57]
- 2002: Kenneth P. Moritsugu becomes the first Asian-American Surgeon General.
- 2010: Daniel Inouye becomes the first Asian-American President pro tempore of the United States Senate, making him the highest-ranking Asian-American politician in American history.
- 2015: Yumi Hogan becomes the first Asian-American First Lady of Maryland.[58]
- 2020: Kamala Harris becomes the first Asian-American (and first African-American) major party candidate for vice president.[59][60][61]
- 2021: Kamala Harris becomes the first Asian-American (and first African-American) Vice President of the United States.[62][63][64]
- 2021: Kamala Harris becomes the first Asian-American President of the United States Senate.
- 2021: Kamala Harris becomes the first Asian-American Acting President of the United States.
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