Anh "Joseph" Quang Cao is the former U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2n congressional district, serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2011, Cao announced he would be a candidate for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2011; however, in September 2011 he pulled out of the race.
He was the first Vietnamese American to serve in Congress, and the first Republican to serve in his district since 1891.
Herbert Young Cho Choy
Herbert Young Cho Choy was appointed by President Richard Nixon to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to a seat vacated by Stanley Nelson Barnes. At the time of Choy's appointment, there were no Asian Americans serving anywhere on the federal bench. Choy was the first individual from Hawaiʻi ever appointed to the court. Choy was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 21, 1971, and received commission on April 23, 1971.
Patricia Fukuda "Pat" Saiki
Patricia Fukuda "Pat" Saiki (born May 28, 1930) is an American politician and former school teacher from Hilo in the State of Hawai'i. She served as a Republican in Congress from 1987 to 1991 and then as Administrator of the Small Business Administration under President of the United States George H. W. Bush.
Saiki, a Japanese American, graduated from Hilo High School in 1948 and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 1952. Upon graduating college, Saiki became a teacher and later a business executive. In 1968, Saiki joined the Hawai'i Republican Party and ran successfully for a seat in the Hawai'i State House of Representatives. In 1974, she moved to the Hawai'i State Senate where she served her district until 1982. A vacancy was created by U.S. Rep. Cecil Heftel's untimely leave from Congress, and on September 20, 1986 a special election was held. Saiki lost the special election (to Democrat Neil Abercrombie) but won a separate election (over Democrat Mufi Hannemann) sending her to Congress where she served two consecutive terms. In 1988, she beat challenger Mary Bitterman, a Democrat and former head of Voice of America.
Saiki is the only Republican to ever hold a House seat from the state of Hawaii and one of only two Republican Members of Congress (the other being Senator Hiram Fong) to represent the state since it gained statehood. She is also the second woman to be elected to Congress from the state of Hawaii (the first being Patsy Mink, with whom Saiki served for two years).
Hiram Leong Fong
Hiram Leong Fong (鄺友良), formally Yau Leong Fong (October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004), was an American businessman and politician from Hawaii. He is most notable for his service as Republican United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, and for being the first Asian American and Chinese American to be elected as such.
In 1964, Fong became the first Asian American to run for his party's nomination for President of the United States. As of 2008, he is the only Republican to ever hold a Senate seat from Hawaii and the only Asian American to actively seek the Presidential nomination of the Republican Party. He would be followed by Patsy Mink, also from Hawaii, who sought the nomination of the Democratic Party in 1972.
Julia Chang Bloch
Julia Chang Bloch was an American diplomat, and the first U.S. ambassador of Asian origin.She was appointed ambassador to Nepal by President George H. W. Bush in 1989, a post she held until 1993
A native of China, Bloch came to the United States at age nine. She earned a B.A. in communications and public policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a M.A. in government and East Asia regional studies from Harvard University. She was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Northeastern University in 1986.
Alan Nakanishi
Alan Nakanishi was a Republican Assemblymember from California's 10th State Assembly district. He served in that body from 2002 until he was termed out in 2008. Nakanishi is also a candidate for the State Board of Equalization in 2010.
Ronald S.W. Lew
Ronald S.W. Lew (Chinese name: 刘成威; born 1941) is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California in the Ninth Circuit. Outside of Hawaii, Judge Lew was the first Chinese-American appointed to the federal bench after being appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. He is a graduate of Loyola High School (Los Angeles), and he earned his undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University in 1964, and his J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law in 1971.
Prior to his federal appointment, Judge Lew had served on both the Municipal Court and Superior Court for Los Angeles and had worked for the Los Angeles City Attorney. Judge Lew is a respected, well-known figure and community leader in Los Angeles.
In 2001, Judge Lew was awarded the Historymakers Award by the Los Angeles Chinese American Museum in law and justice.
James Kealoha
James Kealoha, formally James Kimo Kealoha, and also known as Jimmy Kealoha (April 29, 1908–August 24, 1983), of Hilo, Hawaiʻi was Lieutenant Governor of Hawaiʻi in the administration of Governor of Hawaiʻi William F. Quinn. Prior to his election as Lieutenant Governor, Kealoha served a number of years as a legislator on Hawaii island, distinguishing himself as a respected leader.
In 1934, Kealoha was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives, serving as speaker pro tem. He was elected for a second term two years later. In 1938, he successfully ran for a seat in the Territorial Senate, where he served as president pro tem. That same year, he switched to the Republican Party, expressing his unhappiness with the in-fighting amongst island Democrats. People often referred to Kealoha as the “Wonder Boy of Hawaiian politics” because he won elections by sizable margins
In 1940 Kealoha was elected to the Hawaii County Board of Supervisors, where he won re-election for three successive terms. In 1946, he suffered his first-ever defeat in his political career, losing in a bid for Hawaii County Chairman. In 1948, he ran again, winning the first of six consecutive terms as Hawaii County Chairman.
In 1934, Kealoha was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives, serving as speaker pro tem. He was elected for a second term two years later. In 1938, he successfully ran for a seat in the Territorial Senate, where he served as president pro tem. That same year, he switched to the Republican Party, expressing his unhappiness with the in-fighting amongst island Democrats. People often referred to Kealoha as the “Wonder Boy of Hawaiian politics” because he won elections by sizable margins
In 1940 Kealoha was elected to the Hawaii County Board of Supervisors, where he won re-election for three successive terms. In 1946, he suffered his first-ever defeat in his political career, losing in a bid for Hawaii County Chairman. In 1948, he ran again, winning the first of six consecutive terms as Hawaii County Chairman.
Elaine Lan Chao
Elaine Lan Chao (Chinese: 趙小蘭;[ born March 26, 1953) served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. She was the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Chinese American to be appointed to a President's cabinet in American history.Chao was the only cabinet member to serve under George W. Bush for his entire administration.
Judge George H. Wu
Presently, Wu is a federal District Court judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of California, sitting in Los Angeles. Wu was nominated to the Federal Bench by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Ronald S.W. Lew. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 27, 2007, and received his commission on April 17, 2007.
Wan J. Kim
Wan J. Kim (born 1968) is the former Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, a position in which he served from November 9, 2005 to August 31, 2007. He was appointed by George W. BushBorn in Seoul, South Korea, Kim is the first immigrant to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, and is the first Korean American ever to become an Assistant Attorney General. On August 23, 2007 Kim announced that he was leaving the agency for the private sector.
President George W. Bush has
appointed two APAs to his cabinet and 17 others to sub-Cabinet positions -
more APA appointments than Bill Clinton and George H. Bush made during their
combined 12 years in office, said Clayton Fong, executive director of the
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging. Fong served as an ethnic community
liaison for the first Bush White House.
Elaine Chao (reappointed to second
term)
Secretary of Labor
Stuart
Ishimaru
Commissioner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Matt FongUnder Secretary of the Army
(Fong withdrew from consideration)
David Chu
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Department of Defense
Commissioner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Matt FongUnder Secretary of the Army
(Fong withdrew from consideration)
David Chu
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Department of Defense
Joseph Jen
Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Viet Dinh
Assistant Attorney General - Policy Development Department of Justice
(helps select judicial nominees)Bobby Jindal
Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation
Department of Health & Human Services
Ms. Shinae Chun
Director of the Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
Assistant Attorney General - Policy Development Department of Justice
(helps select judicial nominees)Bobby Jindal
Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation
Department of Health & Human Services
Ms. Shinae Chun
Director of the Women's Bureau
Department of Labor
Margaret S.Y. Chu
Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Department of Energy
Dr. Jack C. Chow
Ambassador and Special Representative
of the Secretary of State for HIV/AIDS
also Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Health and Science issues in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs.
Dana Makoto Sabraw
U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California (San Diego)
Brenda T. Rhoades
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Texas (Plano)Debra Yang
U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Carol Chien-Hua Lam
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California (San Diego)
Edward Kubo, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for Hawaii
Sichan Siv
U.S. Representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council with the rank of Ambassador
Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Department of Energy
Dr. Jack C. Chow
Ambassador and Special Representative
of the Secretary of State for HIV/AIDS
also Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Health and Science issues in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs.
Dana Makoto Sabraw
U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California (San Diego)
Brenda T. Rhoades
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Texas (Plano)Debra Yang
U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California (Los Angeles)
Carol Chien-Hua Lam
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California (San Diego)
Edward Kubo, Jr.
U.S. Attorney for Hawaii
Sichan Siv
U.S. Representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council with the rank of Ambassador
Phyllis Fong
Inspector General
Department of Agriculture
Mark Moki Hanohano
US Marshall - District of Hawaii
Department of Justice
Shirin Raziuddin
United Nations Human Rights Commission (part-time)
Department of State
Inspector General
Department of Agriculture
Mark Moki Hanohano
US Marshall - District of Hawaii
Department of Justice
Shirin Raziuddin
United Nations Human Rights Commission (part-time)
Department of State
Dr. Young Woo Kang (of Indiana)
Member of the National Council on Disability (part-time)For Asian-Americans appointed to positions not requiring Senate confirmation, see APAs in Bush Administration or see Asian American Government Executives Network
John Quoc Duong
Executive Director of the White House Initiative
on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Member of the National Council on Disability (part-time)For Asian-Americans appointed to positions not requiring Senate confirmation, see APAs in Bush Administration or see Asian American Government Executives Network
John Quoc Duong
Executive Director of the White House Initiative
on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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