outlawed the death penalty in Hawaii. It became Act 282. He died in Honolulu March 24, 1959, just before Hawaii achieved statehood. He was buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Descendants His son Samuel Pailthorpe King (1916–2010) became a lawyer and Federal Judge. His grandson, Samuel Pailthorpe King, Jr. also became a lawyer and in 1985 established his own law practice with his wife, Adrienne King, also a lawyer, as King and King, Attorneys-At-Law. His great-grandson, Samuel Wilder King II, is also a lawyer now practicing in Honolulu, and in 2015, he named his own son Samuel Wilder King III. Legacy In 2018, King was the subject of the short documentary Samuel Wilder King: Hawaii Statehood directed by Carolina Gratianne and produced by Daniel Bernardi with the collaboration of El Dorado Films, the Veteran Documentary Corps, and the King family. See also List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States References |- 1886 births 1959 deaths 20th-century American politicians United States Navy personnel of World War I United States Navy personnel of World War II American people of Native Hawaiian descent Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Hawaii Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Hawaii Governors of the Territory of Hawaii Hawaii Republicans Native Hawaiian politicians People from Honolulu Tanager Expedition United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy officers Burials in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific