After Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1900, Sanford Dole was appointed its first governor by U.S. Pres. William McKinley. Dole served in that position until 1903, when he resigned to become a judge of the U.S. district court of Hawaii. He remained in that post until his retirement in 1915.
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