William F. Quinn

William F. Quinn

William Francis Quinn (July 13, 1919 – August 28, 2006) was the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii from 1957 to 1959 and the Governor of the State of Hawaii from 1959 to 1962. Originally appointed to the office by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Quinn was the last executive of an era of Republican rule over the Hawaiian Islands which began during the overthrow of the monarchy in 1893, and the last Republican to serve as Governor until Linda Lingle in 2002. Quinn appeared as a guest on the television program "What's My Line". He was the recipient of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, a papal knighthood conferred by Pope John Paul II.

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