Lorrin A. Thurston
Lorrin A. Thurston | |
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| Born | Lorrin Andrews Thurston July 31, 1858 |
| Died | May 11, 1931 (aged 72) |
| Occupations | Lawyer, politician, businessman |
| Spouses | Margaret Clarissa Shipman
(m. 1884; died 1891)Harriet Elvira Potter
(m. 1893) |
| Children | Robert Shipman Thurston Margaret Carter Thurston Lorrin Potter Thurston |
| Parent(s) | Asa Goodale Thurston Sarah Andrews |
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Lorrin Andrews Thurston (July 31, 1858 – May 11, 1931) was a Hawaiian citizen lawyer, politician, and businessman. Thurston played a prominent role in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii to replace Queen Liliʻuokalani with the Republic of Hawaii, with discreet US support for which Congress much later apologized. He published the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (a forerunner of the present-day Honolulu Star-Advertiser), and owned other enterprises. From 1906 to 1916, he and his network lobbied with national politicians to create a national park to preserve the Hawaiian volcanoes.