He served as Hawaiian Senator from 1959-1976 as one of Hawaii's first two Senators after statehood.
He was also Hawaii's only Republican Senator ever. More detail from all over via Google News.
PS: Doing a regular google search for "Hiram Fong" brings up a dkosopedia article as item 4. That's a little surprising as that page has only a few external links, but cool.
Kosopedia Hiram Fong article is thanks to Jbet777 our diligent editor of all things Hawaiian in the kosopedia (and of much else).
The Poll regards Hawaiian Republican Governor Lingle (first Republican Governor in 50 years) and the Republican National Convention. It was announced today she will be the "temporary" convention chair, that is, she will preside over the election of the officers before turning over permanent chairmanship to Hastert. If she will speak is still being negotiated.
As a Republican that has been able to appeal to Democrats in Hawaii (some say by reinventing herself as a more liberal type of Republican, pro-choice, etc.), she may be just the kind of Republican they want to put up there to play that compassionate conservative theme, if they still think they can.