[3] The Hawaii Territorial Legislature was a bicameral body comprising a Senate and a House of Representatives.

[6] A quorum was defined as the majority of the members of a given chamber, and a vote by a quorum was sufficient for "the conduct of ordinary business", but a simple majority was required for the passage of laws.

[10] However, the Organic Act required that members of the legislature be male citizens of the United States.

In 1922, the United States Congress passed a bill to modify the Organic Act to allow women to hold office.

[19] Representatives were required to be United States citizens who were older than 25, eligible to vote, and had lived in Hawaii for three years.