What is John A. Burns?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = John Burns | image = John A. Burns 1966.jpg | order = 2nd [[Governor of Hawaii]] | lieutenant = [[William S. Richardson]]<br>[[Thomas Gill (politician)|Thomas Gill]]<br>[[George Ariyoshi]] | term_start = December 3, 1962 | term_end = December 2, 1974 | predecessor = [[William F. Quinn]] | successor = [[George Ariyoshi]] | office1 = Delegate to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br>from [[Hawaii Territory|Hawaii]]'s [[Hawaii Territory's at-large congressional district|at-large]] district | term_start1 = January 3, 1957 | term_end1 = August 21, 1959 | predecessor1 = [[Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington|Elizabeth Farrington]] | successor1 = [[Daniel Inouye]] (U.S. Representative) | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|3|30}} | birth_place = [[Hill County, Montana|Hill County]], [[Montana]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1975|4|5|1909|3|30}} | death_place = [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], U.S. | restingplace = [[National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Beatrice Burns|Beatrice Van Vleet]]|1931}} | children = 3 | education = [[University of Hawaii at Manoa|University of Hawaii, Manoa]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | serviceyears = 1927–1928 }} '''John Anthony Burns''' (March 30, 1909 &ndash; April 5, 1975) was an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician. Burns was the second [[governor of Hawaii]] from 1962 to 1974. He almost lost his primary re-election nomination.<ref name=coffman>{{cite book |last = Coffman |first = Tom |title = Catch a Wave: Case Study of Hawaii's New Politics |publisher = [[University of Hawaii Pr