List of Governors of Hawaii
Governors of the State of Hawaii
Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, consisting of Hawaii Territory minus Palmyra Atoll. Since then, there have been eight governors.

List of Governors of Hawaii

Section Title: Governors of the State of Hawaii
Table Section Text: Hawaii was admitted to the Union on August 21, 1959, consisting of Hawaii Territory minus Palmyra Atoll. Since then, there have been eight governors.

No.	Governor	Term of office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	William F. Quinn	August 21, 1959 – December 3, 1962 (lost election)	Republican	1959	James Kealoha

2	-	John A. Burns	December 3, 1962 – December 2, 1974 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1962	William S. Richardson

1966	Thomas Gill

1970	George Ariyoshi

3	-	George Ariyoshi	December 2, 1974 – December 1, 1986 (term limited)	Democratic	1974	Nelson Doi

1978	Jean King

1982	John D. Waiheʻe III

4	-	John D. Waiheʻe III	December 1, 1986 – December 5, 1994 (term limited)	Democratic	1986	Ben Cayetano

1990

5	-	Ben Cayetano	December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002 (term limited)	Democratic	1994	Mazie Hirono

1998

6	-	Linda Lingle	December 2, 2002 – December 6, 2010 (term limited)	Republican	2002	Duke Aiona

2006

7	-	Neil Abercrombie	December 6, 2010 – December 1, 2014 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	2010	Brian Schatz (resigned December 26, 2012)

Vacant

Shan Tsutsui (took office December 27, 2012) (resigned January 31, 2018)

8	-	David Ige	December 1, 2014 – present	Democratic	2014

Vacant

Doug Chin (took office February 2, 2018)

2018	Josh Green

Sentence(s)

Ben Cayetano served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002.

final_sentence: Ben Cayetano served as the fifth governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002.