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Dillingham II, Benjamin F.
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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Benjamin F. Dillingham II |
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Honolulu, Hawai'i , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 08, 1916
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| Died | October 21, 1998
(82 years)
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| Contributor | Not in Public Domain |
| Last Modifed | Takahe
Feb 19, 2010 09:34pm |
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| Info | BENJAMIN Franklin Dillingham, who died Monday in California at age 82, was a kamaaina businessman and politician from the era of Republican domination in Hawaii. Once known as "Mr. Republican" here, he lost to Democrat Daniel Inouye in the 1962 U.S. senatorial election and made a final bid for elective office in 1974, running unsuccessfully for governor on a ticket with Randolph Crossley. He had previously served on the Honolulu Board of Supervisors, the predecessor of the City Council, and in the territorial Senate as well as leader of the Hawaii Republican Party and as a member of the Republican National Committee.
Dillingham was a descendant of Hawaiian missionaries Lowell and Abigail Smith. His grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Dillingham, came to Hawaii as a seaman and founded Oahu Railway & Land Co. His father, Walter, founded Hawaiian Dredging Co., which became the Dillingham Corp., one of Hawaii's largest companies, with large-scale construction projects in Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia and on the U.S. mainland. Walter Dillingham played a key role in building the city as we know it -- from Pearl Harbor to Honolulu Airport to Honolulu harbor to Ala Moana Shopping Center and the Ala Wai Canal.
Ben Dillingham was a lieutenant colonel in the Army during World War II and was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. He was general manager of OR&L and senior vice president of Dillingham Corp. until his retirement in 1970 but served on the board of directors until the company was sold in 1983.
He moved to Australia in 1967 to be managing director of Dillingham Corp. of Australia, with headquarters in Sydney. He had lived about 10 years in Yuba City, Calif.
Ben Dillingham's political career was cut short by the Democratic tide that engulfed Hawaii starting in 1954. Nevertheless, the Dillingham family earned a prominent place in Hawaii's history.
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