George Washington Pilipō
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The Honourable George Washington Pilipō |
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| Member of the House of Representatives from North Kona | |
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In office 1860, 1868–1870, 1876–1884 |
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| Succeeded by | J. K. Nahale |
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February 22, 1828 Holualoa, North Kona, Hawaii |
| Died | March 27, 1887 (aged 59) Pālama, Honolulu, Oahu |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii |
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Queen Emma Party Kuokoa |
| Alma mater | Hilo Boarding School Lahainaluna Seminary |
| Occupation | Politician, Reverend |
George Washington Pilipō (February 22, 1828 – March 27, 1887) was a politician of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served as a member of the House of Representative from North Kona (1860–1884) and Reverend of Kaumakapili Church. Considered one of the leading Hawaiian politicians of his generation, he was known as "Ka Liona o Kona Akau", or "The Lion of North Kona".
Pilipō was born, on February 22, 1828, in Holualoa, North Kona, on the island of Hawaii. He had eleven siblings but only himself and another sibling survived to maturity. He was educated at the Hilo Boarding School and Lahainaluna School. After graduating in 1857, he worked as teacher and established a school in his home district for a time. One of his pupils was George W. Kanuha, who translated Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea into the Hawaiian language.
Pilipō was ordained in 1864 at the Mokuaikaua Church at Kailua-Kona and worked there for seven years as the assistant of Reverend Asa Thurston, who came to Hawaii with the first company of ABCFM missionaries in 1820. In 1871, he was appointed the pastor of Kaumakapili Church, the church for common people in Honolulu, succeeding Reverend Anderson Oliver Forbes. He served as a pastor until 1874 when he was succeeded by Moses Kuaea.
Between 1860 and 1884, Pilipō served was elected to serve as the House for his district in North Kona with a few non-consecutive gaps. He sat in on the legislative assemblies of 1860, 1868, 1870, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1882, and 1884. In his long political career, Pilipō served under the reigns of four monarchs: Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V, Lunalilo and Kalākaua. During the 1874 election, following the death of Lunalilo, Pilipō, although not serving on the legislature at the time, actively supported and campaigned for the candidacy of Queen Emma of Hawaii against Kalākaua. He was suspected of being involved with the 1874 Honolulu Courthouse riot which occurred after Emma's defeat.
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