Lorrin A. Thurston led the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. He appointed Sanford B. Dole to the office of president of the Republic of Hawai'i.

Lorrin Andrews Thurston (1858–1931), was a Caucasian lawyer born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawaii who published the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (forerunner of the present-day Honolulu Advertiser). The child of missionaries to Hawaii, Thurston played a prominent role in the transformation of Hawaii from a sovereign constitutional monarchy into a territory of the United States. Image File history File links Lorrinthurston. ... Image File history File links Lorrinthurston. ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Princess Kaiulani, a member of the Kalākaua Dynasty, was in line to become Queen of Hawaii when her kingdom was overthrown by a small group of Hawaiian citizens (primarily of European descent) and United States citizens. ... The Honolulu Advertiser is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of Hawai‘i and has a morning circulation of 143,983 and a Sunday edition of 165,481 copies. ...

As Interior Minister of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Thurston authored the Bayonet Constitution of 1887 that effectively stripped the monarch of all executive power and gave American and European immigrants the right to vote. Later, he led the self-titled Committee of Safety that overthrew Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1893. Alleged involvement of the United States Marine Corps in the matter was apologized for a century later by the U.S. Congress in the controversial Apology Resolution of 1993. Thurston drafted the constitution for the Provisional Government of Hawaii and headed the commission sent to Washington, DC to negotiate American annexation. He helped draft the constitution of the Republic of Hawaii, and after annexation retired to private life. As principal owner and editor of the Advertiser, he was a promoter of the tourist and pineapple industries. His fortunes rose considerably as a result of the Islands' annexation by the United States. Princess Kaiulani, a member of the Kalākaua Dynasty, was in line to become Queen of Hawaii when her kingdom was overthrown by a small group of Hawaiian citizens (primarily of European descent) and United States citizens. ... Queen Liliuokalanis protest of the Bayonet Constitution, which her brother was forced to promulgate at gunpoint, led to the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii by a committee of American citizens. ... Committee of Safety may refer to: The Committee of Safety, the parliamentary body in England that oversaw the English Civil War The Committee of Public Safety which controlled created the French Republic and initiated the Reign of Terror One of the many Colonial American Committees of Safety established at the... Her Majesty Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917), given the Christian name Lydia Liliuokalani and later named Lydia K. Dominis, was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... President Bill Clinton signed United States Public Law 103-150, apologizing on behalf of the American people for its illegal role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. ... Led by Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B. Dole, the Provisional Government ruled over Hawaii until the formal establishment of the republic. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Iolani Palace, Honolulu The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of Hawaii from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a republic. ...

Thurston is credited with developing Hawaii's sugar cane plantations and railroads and bringing the first electric street cars to Honolulu. He was also a volcano enthusiast, building the Volcano House (today a hotel at the rim of Kīlauea volcano's summit caldera) and bringing officials and delegations from the United States to see the volcano. He was friends with Thomas Jaggar and supported the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory during its early years. The Thurston lava tube in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is named after him. Honolulu as seen from the International Space Station Honolulu is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Hawai‘i. ... Thomas A. Jaggar (1871-1953) was the founder and first Director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. ... The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is the name of the observatory in Hawai‘i that monitors the four active Hawaiian volcanoes: Kīlauea, Mauna Loa, Hualālai, and Haleakalā. ... Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, established in 1916, displays the results of 70 million years of volcanism, migration, and evolution—processes that thrust a bare land from the sea and clothed it with complex and unique ecosystems and a distinct human culture. ...

Thurston's daughter Margaret was the mother of Thurston Twigg-Smith. Thurston Twigg-Smith was born in 1921 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. ...