Daniel Ken Inouye
Object Details
- Artist
- George Tames, 1919 - 1994
- Sitter
- Daniel Ken Inouye, 7 Sep 1924 - 17 Dec 2012
- Exhibition Label
- Born Honolulu, Hawaii
- During World War II, after the U.S. Army lifted its ban on Japanese Americans, Daniel Inouye joined the first all-Nisei volunteer unit, winning a Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart with Cluster after losing his right arm. He later received a Medal of Honor. Upon returning to his native Hawaii, he helped lead a movement that brought political power to the region’s ethnic minorities. When Hawaii was admitted to the union in 1959, Inouye was elected to the House of Representatives, becoming the first Japanese American member of Congress. Having won a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1962, he became the Senate’s senior member in 2010, placing him third in the line of presidential succession and making him the highest-ranking public official of Asian descent in American history. Inouye gained national attention in 1974, when he served on the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1976, he was appointed to chair the Senate Committee on Intelligence.
- Nacido en Honolulu, Hawái
- Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, después de que el Ejército de los Estados Unidos levantara la prohibición para la incorporación de japoneses- estadounidenses, Daniel Inouye se unió a la primera unidad de voluntarios compuesta exclusivamente por niseis (japoneses nacidos en EE. UU.), donde obtuvo una Cruz por Servicio Distinguido, una Estrella de Bronce y un Corazón Púrpura tras perder su brazo derecho. Más tarde, recibió una Medalla de Honor. Al regresar a su Hawái natal, ayudó a liderar un movimiento que otorgó poder político a las minorías étnicas de la región. Cuando se permitió la entrada de Hawái a la unión en 1959, Inouye fue elegido a la Cámara de Representantes y se convirtió en el primer diputado japonés-estadounidense. Elegido senador de los Estados Unidos en 1962, se convirtió en senador sénior en 2010, lo que lo coloca en tercer lugar en la línea de sucesión presidencial y lo convierte en el funcionario de ascendencia asiática de más alto rango de toda la historia estadouni- dense. Inouye fue foco de atención a nivel nacional el 1974, cuando formó parte del Comité Senatorial de Watergate. En 1976, fue designado para presidir la Comisión Selecta del Senado sobre Inteligencia.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Frances O. Tames
- 1960
- Object number
- NPG.94.219
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © George Tames/The New York Times/Redux
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image: 29 × 19.5 cm (11 7/16 × 7 11/16")
- Sheet: 29 × 20.5 cm (11 7/16 × 8 1/16")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Artwork
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Male
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Captain
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Politics and Government\Government official\US Senator\Hawaii
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Politics and Government\Government official\US Congressman\Hawaii
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Politics and Government\Government official\State Legislator\Hawaii
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Politics and Government\Government official\State Senator\Hawaii
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Daniel Ken Inouye: Military award\Medal of Honor
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.94.219
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4142578fa-d3f3-4b97-95f6-c82f5cb1774c
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