Three years later. he was elected judge of the justice court in Westmorland. Calif. I first came to know him during this period. when I was serving as the chairman of the Democratic Party in California. He was an extremely able. personable man who loved his adopted country and possessed a great desire to serve his fellow man. Those of us who knew and respected him. urged him to run for Congress where in 1956 he became the first person of Asiatic ancestry to serve in the House of Representatives. Two years later. in 1958. he was instrumental in my election to the position of Lieutenant Governor. In Congress.