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The governor of the State of Hawaii is the head of government of Hawaii ,[1] state's military forces .[2] [2] veto bills passed by the Hawaii Legislature ;[3] [4] pardons , except in cases of treason and impeachment .[2]
Of the eight governors of the state, two have been elected to three terms, four have been elected to two terms, and one has been elected to one term. No state governor has yet resigned or died in office, nor did any territorial governor die in office. George Ariyoshi was the first Asian American to be governor of any U.S. state . The current governor is Democrat Josh Green , who took office on December 5, 2022.
The longest-serving governors are John A. Burns (1962–1974) and George Ariyoshi (1974–1986), both of whom served 12 years each.
List of governors
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The Republic of Hawaii was annexed by the United States in 1898. It was organized into Hawaii Territory in 1900, and admitted as a state in 1959. The Republic had only one president, Sanford B. Dole , who later was the first territorial governor.
Hawaii Territory
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Hawaii Territory was organized on June 14, 1900, remaining a territory for 59 years. Twelve people served as territorial governor, appointed by the president of the United States .
Governors of the Territory of Hawaii
No.
Governor
Term in office
Appointed by
1 Sanford B. Dole (1844–1926) June 14, 1900 [a] (resigned) [b] William McKinley
2 George R. Carter (1866–1933) November 23, 1903 [c] (resigned) [d] Theodore Roosevelt
3 Walter F. Frear (1863–1948) August 15, 1907 [e] (successor appointed)
Theodore Roosevelt
4 Lucius E. Pinkham (1850–1922) November 29, 1913 [f] (successor appointed)
Woodrow Wilson
5 Charles J. McCarthy (1861–1929) June 22, 1918 [g] (successor appointed)
Woodrow Wilson
6 Wallace Rider Farrington (1871–1933) July 5, 1921 [h] (successor appointed)
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
7 Lawrence M. Judd (1887–1968) July 5, 1929 [i] (successor appointed)
Herbert Hoover
8 Joseph Poindexter (1869–1951) March 1, 1934 [j] (successor appointed)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
9 Ingram Stainback [k] (1883–1961) August 24, 1942 [l] (resigned) [m] Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
10 Oren E. Long (1889–1965) May 8, 1951 [n] (successor appointed)
Harry S. Truman
11 Samuel Wilder King (1886–1959) February 28, 1953 [o] (resigned) [p] Dwight D. Eisenhower
12 William F. Quinn (1919–2006) [47] September 2, 1957 [q] (elected state governor)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State of Hawaii
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Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, consisting of Hawaii Territory minus Palmyra Atoll . Since then, there have been nine governors.
The governor is elected to a four-year term commencing on the first Monday in the December following the election. The lieutenant governor is elected for the same term and, since 1964, on the same ticket as the governor.[1] [50] 1978 constitutional convention established a term limit of two consecutive terms for both offices.[1] [51]
Governors of the State of Hawaii
No.
Governor
Term of office
Party
Election
Lt. Governor [r]
1
William F. Quinn (1919–2006) [47] August 21, 1959 [52] (lost election)
Republican
1959
James Kealoha
2
John A. Burns (1909–1975) [55] December 3, 1962 [56] (did not run)
Democratic
1962
William S. Richardson (resigned April 13, 1966)
Andrew T.F. Ing
1966
Thomas Gill
1970
George Ariyoshi
3 George Ariyoshi (b. 1926) [58] December 2, 1974 [59] (term-limited) [s] Democratic
1974
Nelson Doi
1978
Jean King
1982
John D. Waiheʻe III
4 John D. Waiheʻe III (b. 1946) [61] December 1, 1986 [62] (term-limited) [s] Democratic [61] 1986
Ben Cayetano
1990
5 Ben Cayetano (b. 1939) [63] December 5, 1994 [64] (term-limited) [s] Democratic [63] 1994
Mazie Hirono
1998
6
Linda Lingle (b. 1953) [65] December 2, 2002 [66] (term-limited) [s] Republican [65] 2002
Duke Aiona
2006
7
Neil Abercrombie (b. 1938) [67] December 6, 2010 [68] (lost nomination) [69] Democratic [67] 2010
Brian Schatz (resigned December 26, 2012)
Vacant
Shan Tsutsui (took office December 27, 2012)
8 David Ige (b. 1957) [70] December 1, 2014 [71] (term-limited) [s] Democratic [70] 2014
Vacant
Doug Chin (took office February 2, 2018)
2018
Josh Green
9 Josh Green (b. 1970) [72] December 5, 2022 [73] [t] Democratic [72] 2022
Sylvia Luke
See also
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Notes
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^ Carter was appointed on October 31, 1903,[10] [10] [11]
^ Carter's term was to have ended November 23, 1907, but he had stated he did not wish to serve again, so his successor was appointed early.[12]
^ Frear was appointed on June 28, 1907,[14] [14] [15]
^ Pinkham was nominated on July 24, 1913,[17] [18]
^ McCarthy was nominated on April 18, 1918,[20] [21]
^ Farrington was nominated on June 2, 1921,[23] [24] [25]
^ Judd was nominated on April 24, 1929,[27] [28]
^ Poindexter was nominated on January 30, 1934,[30] [31]
^ Stainback had little power until October 24, 1944, as his predecessor had declared martial law on December 7, 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor , delegating executive authority to the military.[32] Walter Short , Delos Emmons , and Robert C. Richardson, Jr. [33]
^ Stainback was nominated on July 23, 1942,[35] [36] [37]
^ Stainback resigned due to poor health.
^ Long was nominated on April 23, 1951,[39] [40]
^ King was nominated on February 18, 1953,[42] [43]
^ King resigned when denied a second term by President Eisenhower, to take effect when his successor took office.[44]
^ Quinn was nominated on August 9, 1957,[48] [49]
^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
^ a b c d e Under the constitution as amended in 1978, governors cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms.[60]
^ Green's first term will expire on December 7, 2026.
References
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General
Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I ISBN 9780930466015 . Retrieved July 10, 2019 .
McMullin, Thomas A. (1984). Biographical directory of American territorial governors ISBN 978-0-930466-11-4 . Retrieved January 19, 2023 .
Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976 ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0 . Retrieved September 23, 2023 .
Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6
"Our Campaigns - Governor of Hawaii - History" . www.ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved July 25, 2023 .
Constitution
Specific
^ a b c HI Const. art. V, § 1
^ a b c HI Const. art. V, § 5
^ HI Const. art. IV, § 16
^ HI Const. art. IV, § 10
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 56th Cong., 1st sess., 481 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 56th Cong., 1st sess., 487 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ "Confirmed by the Senate" . The New York Times . November 24, 1903. p. 6 . Retrieved September 26, 2023 .
^ a b U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 58th Cong., 1st sess., 14
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 58th Cong., 1st sess., 89–91 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ "Gov. Carter Will Quit" . The New York Times . June 9, 1907. p. 4 . Retrieved September 26, 2023 .
^ a b U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 60th Cong., 1st sess., 83
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 60th Cong., 1st sess., 158–159 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 63rd Cong., 1st sess., 240 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 63rd Cong., 1st sess., 441 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 65th Cong., 2nd sess., 860 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 65th Cong., 2nd sess., 883 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ 61 Cong. Rec. 2032 (1921)
^ 61 Cong. Rec. 2714 (1921)
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 68th Cong., 2nd sess., 335 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 71st Cong., 1st sess., 32
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 71st Cong., 1st sess., 46
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 73rd Cong., 2nd sess., 155 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 73rd Cong., 2nd sess., 203 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ Israel, Fred L. (August 1967). "Military Justice in Hawaii 1941–1944". Pacific Historical Review . 36 3 ): 243–267. doi :10.2307/3637150 . JSTOR 3637150 .
^ Rankin, Robert S. (May 1944). "Martial Law and the Writ of Habeas Corpus in Hawaii". The Journal of Politics 6 2 ). The Journal of Politics, Vol. 6, No. 2: 213–229. doi :10.2307/2125272 . JSTOR 2125272 . S2CID 153947841 .
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 77nd Cong., 2nd sess., 463 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 77nd Cong., 2nd sess., 468–469 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 79th Cong., 2nd sess., 640 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 82nd Cong., 1st sess., 328 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 82nd Cong., 1st sess., 388 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 83rd Cong., 1st sess., 154 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 83rd Cong., 1st sess., 157 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ "Hawaii Governor, Denied 2nd Term, Resigns Suddenly" . The Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. July 26, 1957. p. 6 . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ a b "William Francis Quinn" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 85th Cong., 1st sess., 869 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ U.S. Congress. Senate Exec. Journal . 85th Cong., 1st sess., 926 , accessed February 21, 2023.
^ Tuttle, Daniel W. Jr. (June 1967). "The 1966 Election in Hawaii". The Western Political Quarterly . 20 doi :10.2307/446083 . JSTOR 446083 .
^ HI Const. art. V, § 4
^ Horio, Don (August 21, 1959). "Quinn, Kealoha Sworn In; 'Greatest Day for Isles' . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . p. 1 . Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "John Anthony Burns" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ Lovinger, Paul W.; Black, Forrest (December 4, 1962). "Gov. Burns, Aides Take Up Duties" . Honolulu Star-Bulletin . p. 1 . Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "George Ryoichi Ariyoshi" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ Burris, Jerry (December 3, 1974). "Gov. Ariyoshi Reaffirms Pledges to Hawaii's People During Festive, Historic Inauguration" . The Honolulu Advertiser . p. A1. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "Hawaii Const. art. V, § 1" . Retrieved December 16, 2023 .
^ a b "John Waihee" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ Burris, Jerry (December 2, 1986). "Waihee Begins With Unity Call" . The Honolulu Advertiser . p. A1. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ a b "Benjamin J. Cayetano" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ Botticelli, Ann (December 6, 1994). "New Governor Offers Hope at Iolani Bash" . p. A1. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ a b "Linda Lingle" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ Arakawa, Lynda; Pang, Gordon Y. K. (December 3, 2002). "Lingle, Hawaii Begin Transition" . The Honolulu Advertiser . p. A1. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ a b "Neil Abercrombie" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ DePledge, Derrick; Reyes, B. J. (December 7, 2010). " . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . p. A1. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ "Hawaiian Governor Loses Primary by Wide Margin; Senate Race Is Undecided" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 20, 2019 .
^ a b "David Ige" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ Bussewitz, Cathy (December 2, 2014). "Ige Sworn In As Hawaii Governor" . West Hawaii Today . Associated Press. p. 1A. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
^ a b "Josh Green" . National Governors Association . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ McAvoy, Audrey (December 6, 2022). "Gov. Green Targets Get" . Hawaii Tribune-Herald . Associated Press. p. A1. Retrieved August 15, 2023 .
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