Thomas Gill (politician)
Thomas Gill | |
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4th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii | |
In office December 2, 1966 – December 2, 1970 | |
Governor | John A. Burns |
Preceded by | Andrew T. F. Ing |
Succeeded by | George Ariyoshi |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's at-large district | |
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |
Preceded by | Daniel Inouye |
Succeeded by | Patsy Mink |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Ponce Gill April 21, 1922 Philippines Campaign |
Awards | Bronze Star Purple Heart |
Thomas Ponce Gill (April 21, 1922 – June 3, 2009) was a Hawaii politician. A member of the Democratic party, he served in the United States Congress from 1963 to 1965 and was the fourth lieutenant governor of Hawaii from 1966 to 1970. He unsuccessfully ran for governor twice, in 1970 and 1974.
Early life
Born in
After the war, he attended law school at
Career
Gill served in Hawaii's
During his term as Lieutenant Governor, Gill, considered outspoken and acerbic, developed differences with Burns, and was never shy about criticizing the incumbent, despite being part of his administration. In
Papers
Thomas P. Gill donated 86 record center boxes of material to the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library in May 2001. The bulk of the papers cover Gill's two years in Congress and four years in the Hawaii Lt. Governor's office. The collection is rich in material documenting his enthusiastic political life and his concerns about nuclear power; the environment; land development, especially on the Big Island of Hawaii; social and economic justice; and the high cost of living in Hawaii. There is a smaller amount of material from his pre- and post-Congressional life.
The papers are arranged in five series: Political Offices (held by Gill), 1955–1970; Politics (Democratic Party, Hawaii and National), 1952–1972; Personal (election campaigns and biographical material), 1939–2001; Memorabilia (mostly election campaigns), 1940–2005 and bulk 1958–1980; Audiovisual (audiotapes, films, photographs; primarily election campaigns and Big Island development), 1958–1974.
The papers were arranged and described from July 2005 through March 2006 by archivist Ellen Chapman, and are available to researchers in the Library's Archives & Manuscripts Department by appointment. A Finding Aid, which provides a timeline, series descriptions, and list of specific topics covered in the collection is available at The Thomas P. Gill Papers web site.
Personal life
Gill was the son of Thomas Gill (born in New York in 1870) and Lorin Johnston Tarr (born in Kansas in 1889), and the grandson of Dr. Charles Robert Gill (born in New York in 1821) and María Dolores Ponce de León (born in Cuba in 1834 to Cuban parents).[4]
Gill married Lois Hanawalt in 1947 and had six children,[5] including two sons who have been involved in Hawaiian politics. His son Gary served on the Honolulu City Council and son Tony is a labor lawyer who considered seeking the governorship in 2006. Gill died in 2009 in Honolulu, aged 87.[2]
See also
- List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States
- List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress
References
- ^ a b The Thomas P. Gill Papers, University of Hawaiʻi Library Archived 2004-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Tom Gill, 87, was wild card of politics Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-8248-0270-5.
- ^ Nellist, George F. (1925), The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, with which is incorporated Volume III Men of Hawaii, Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., p. 467 (https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10524/56596)
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
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