Law and Political Career
In 1949, in a deal involving homestead development of the area of Waimea in Hawaii County, as a lawyer with Parker Ranch attorney Garner Anthony, Quinn brokered a deal with the Territorial Land Office and Hawaiian Homes Commission to allow the ranch a more lengthy period of time in which to evacuate the property.
Quinn involved himself in territorial politics and ran for the Hawaii Territorial Senate in 1956.
Quinn worked closely with Congressional Delegate John A. Burns on the Hawaii Statehood Commission. President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Quinn Governor of the Territory of Hawaii in 1957. In 1959, he defeated challenger John A. Burns to win the new state's first gubernatorial election. In 1961, Governor Quinn was Grand Marshall of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. During the 1962 gubernatorial election, a challenge from Lieutenant Governor James Kealoha split the vote, throwing the election to the Democrat John A. Burns.
In 1976, Quinn ran for the United States Senate, an election he lost to Spark Matsunaga.
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