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
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 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] The 1978 constitutional convention established a term limit of two consecutive terms for both offices.[1] If the office of governor is vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor; if the governor is out of the state or unable to fulfill duties, the lieutenant governor acts as governor during such absence or disability.[51]
^Carter was appointed on October 31, 1903,[10] during a Senate recess; nominated on November 11;[10] and confirmed by the Senate on November 23.[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] during a Senate recess; nominated on December 3;[14] and was confirmed by the Senate on December 18;[15] He took office on August 15.[13]
^Pinkham was nominated on July 24, 1913,[17] and confirmed by the Senate on November 29.[18]
^McCarthy was nominated on April 18, 1918,[20] confirmed by the Senate on May 4,[21] and took office on June 22.[19]
^Farrington was nominated on June 2, 1921,[23] confirmed by the Senate on June 17,[24] and took office on July 5.[22] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on February 2, 1925.[25]
^Judd was nominated on April 24, 1929,[27] confirmed by the Senate on April 29,[28] and took office on July 5.[26]
^Poindexter was nominated on January 30, 1934,[30] confirmed by the Senate on February 5,[31] and took office on March 2.[29]
^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] During the military rule, the territory was governed by Lieutenant Generals Walter Short, Delos Emmons, and Robert C. Richardson, Jr.[33]
^Stainback was nominated on July 23, 1942,[35] confirmed by the Senate on July 27,[36] and took office on August 24.[34] He was reconfirmed on July 13, 1946.[37]
^Tuttle, Daniel W. Jr. (June 1967). "The 1966 Election in Hawaii". The Western Political Quarterly. 20 (2, part 2). The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2: 563–567. doi:10.2307/446083. JSTOR446083.
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