Inouye, Daniel Ken (1924– )

US Democrat politician, senator from Hawaii. From 1962 he represented Hawaii in the US senate on behalf of the Democratic Party. During the early 1970s, Inouye served on the Senate committee that investigated the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Born in Honolulu, Inouye studied law at the University of Hawaii and George Washington University Law School. He fought bravely in World War II, losing his right arm in action, and returned to Hawaii, where he became an assistant public prosecutor in 1953. In 1959, after Hawaii became the 50th state of the Union, he became its representative and the first Japanese-American member in the US Congress.