Samuel Pailthorpe King

Samuel Pailthorpe King (April 13, 1916 – December 7, 2010) was an American lawyer and judge. He served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Life King was born April 13, 1916, in Hankow, China while his father was in the United States Navy. His grandfather was ship captain and politician James A. King (1832–1899). He lost his left eye as a child of about six. After the family returned to Hawaii, he attended and graduated from Punahou School. His mother was part Native Hawaiian Pauline Nawahineokalai Evans. His father Samuel Wilder King (1886–1959), also part native Hawaiian, later became the delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of Hawaii, and then governor. He attended Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1937 and Yale Law School, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1940. Personal