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27 Sep 2019

Dawn Amano-Ige

Dawn Amano-Ige became the first lady of Hawaiʻi when her husband, Governor David Ige, was sworn in as the 8th governor of the State of Hawaiʻi in December 2014. In…

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30 Oct 2018

William Francis Quinn

WILLIAM FRANCIS QUINN, Hawaii's first governor, was born in Rochester, New York, on July 13, 1919. In 1940, he graduated from St. Louis University, and seven years later, he graduated…

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30 Oct 2018

John Anthony Burns

JOHN ANTHONY BURNS was born March 30, 1909, in Ft. Assinniboine, Montana. He attended the University of Hawaii and graduated in 1930. Burns served in the U.S. Army from 1927…

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30 Oct 2018

George Ryoichi Ariyoshi

GEORGE RYOICHI ARIYOSHI is the first American of Japanese ancestry to be elected governor of a state. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1926. He served as an interpreter…

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30 Oct 2018

John Waihee

JOHN WAIHEE was born in Honokaa, Hawaii. He received his bachelor's degree in history and business from Andrews University in Michigan, and his law degree from the University of Hawaii…

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30 Oct 2018

Benjamin J. Cayetano

BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from UCLA in 1968 and a law degree from Loyola Law School in 1971.…

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30 Oct 2018

Linda Lingle

LINDA LINGLE is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. She moved to Hawai‘i in 1975 after graduating cum laude with a journalism degree from California State University, Northridge. In 1976,…

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30 Oct 2018

Neil Abercrombie

Neil Abercrombie became Hawaii’s seventh governor on December 6, 2010, after serving more than 20 years in Congress. Raised in Williamsville, New York, Abercrombie moved to Hawaii in September 1959,…

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02 Jan 2018

David Ige

Governor David Y. Ige was sworn in as the eighth governor of the State of Hawai‘i on December 1, 2014. Governor Ige was born and raised in Pearl City and…

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