Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Effinger, John April 1, 1861 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JOHN EFFINGER, Business Man. John Effinger, owner of the Merchants’ Exchange 
Shipping News Service, Hawaii & South Seas Curio Co. and the Guide Publishing 
Co., has been a resident of Honolulu since 1892 and has long been active in 
civic and political affairs. He was a commissioner from Hawaii to the Panama-
Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 and was a delegate 
to the Democratic convention at Baltimore in 1912 and the San Francisco 
convention in 1920. Mr. Effinger long served as treasurer of the Democratic 
Central Committee, was a member of the Honolulu Civil Service Commission in 
1923, a member of the Hawaii Tourist Bureau in 1924, a member of the Milk 
Commission and the commission for the Home for Feeble-Minded.
  Born April 1, 1861, at Peru, Miami County, Indiana, Mr. Effinger is the son 
of Robert Patterson and Frances Ann (Barbour) Effinger. Receiving his 
education in the schools of Indiana and at Butler University, Indiana, Mr. 
Effinger went to Portland, Ore., in 1883, where he was engaged in the transfer 
and mercantile business until coming to Hawaii in 1892. While in Oregon he was 
a member of the National Guard and served as a member of the National Guard of 
Hawaii from 1893 to 1897. Before entering business for himself in 1910 Mr. 
Effinger was with the firm of Lewis & Co., Ltd. He is a member of the Sigma 
Chi fraternity and is president of the Honolulu chapter, a member of the Oahu 
Country, Hawaii Yacht and Commercial clubs, the League of Democratic Clubs, 
Honolulu Associated Charities, and the Chamber of Commerce.


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