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Kamehameha I

King of Hawaii from 1795 to 1819

Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C., as one of two statues it is entitled to install there.

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King of Hawaii from 1795 to 1819

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King of Hawaii from 1795 to 1819