Key Figures Fall 2013

President William McKinley - Signed the Hawaii Annexation bill on July 7, 1898

President Grover Cleveland - Was the president before William McKinley and was opposed to the annexation of Hawaii. He was believed to be against the hawaiian annexation to restore the queen, Liliuokalani.

Hawaiian Annexationists - Lorrin Thurston & William Ansel Kinney were the hawaiian annexationists who negotiated with President McKinley to make Hawaii a part of the United States.

Queen Liliuokalani - She was the Queen of the Hawaiian islands at the time and was extremely opposed to the annexation of Hawaii.