Samuel Wilder King (December 17, 1886 – March 24, 1959) was the eleventh Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1953 to 1957.

Previously, King served in the United States House of Representatives as a delegate from the Territory of Hawaii.

He was a member of the Republican Party of Hawaii and was the first of native Hawaiian descent to rise to the highest office in the territory.

King (1832–1899) was a ship's master for Samuel Gardner Wilder, and later politician in the Republic of Hawaii.

Upon graduating, King went on to study at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

[3] With the outbreak of World War II, King resigned from Congress to accept a naval commission to become a commander, then captain.

[5] King's great-granddaughter, violist and composer Leilehua Lanzilotti, was a finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Music.