Sanford Ballard Dole
President of the Republic of Hawaii
In office 1894 – 1900
Preceded by	Provisional Government of Hawaii
Succeeded by	Territory of Hawaii (Himself as Governor)
1st Territorial Governor of Hawaii
In office June 14, 1900 – November 23, 1903
President	William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Was President of the Republic of Hawaii
Succeeded by	George R. Carter
Born	April 23, 1844 Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii
Died	June 9, 1926 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer

Sanford Ballard Dole (April 23, 1844 – June 9, 1926) was a politician and jurist of Hawaiʻi as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory. The President of Hawaii was the Republic of Hawaii 's Head of State during its six-year existence (1894 to 1900 Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Provisional Government of Hawaii was proclaimed on January 17, 1893 by the 13 member Committee of Safety under the leadership of Lorrin The Territory of Hawaii, abbreviated officially as TH, was established on July 7, 1898 and dissolved on August 21, 1959 when The Governor of Hawaii, also called Ke Kiaaina o Hawaii, is the chief executive of the State of Hawai{{okina}}i and its various agencies Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting William McKinley Jr ( January 29, 1843 September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of the government that controlled Hawai{{okina}}i from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a Republic George Robert Carter ( December 28, 1866 - February 11, 1933) was the second Territorial Governor of Hawai'i, serving from 1903 to Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of O{{okina}}ahu, Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U The Territory of Hawaii, abbreviated officially as TH, was established on July 7, 1898 and dissolved on August 21, 1959 when A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, written by founder Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a staff of more than The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of O{{okina}}ahu, The Provisional Government of Hawaii was proclaimed on January 17, 1893 by the 13 member Committee of Safety under the leadership of Lorrin The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of the government that controlled Hawai{{okina}}i from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a Republic The Territory of Hawaii, abbreviated officially as TH, was established on July 7, 1898 and dissolved on August 21, 1959 when

Early years

Dole was born in Honolulu to a family of white Protestant Christian missionaries from Norridgewock, Maine in the United States. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. Norridgewock is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His cousin was the pineapple magnate James Dole who followed the elder Dole to Hawaiʻi in later years. Pineapple ( Ananas comosus) is the common name for an edible Tropical Plant and also its Fruit It is native to the southern part of Brazil James Drummond Dole ( September 27, 1877 –May 20 1958 also known as the Pineapple King, was a United States Industrialist Dole was part of a wealthy, elite immigrant community in the Hawaiian Islands that established a dominant presence in the local political climate. Elite (also spelled Élite) is taken originally from the Latin, eligere, "to elect" Serving as a successful attorney and friend of King David Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani, Dole pursued and advocated the westernization of Hawaiian society and culture. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute Kalākaua I, born as David Laamea Kamanakapuu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua and called The Merrie Monarch ( November 16, 1836 Liliuokalani ( September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) born Lydia Liliu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaeha, was the last Westernization or occidentalization (from occident, see wiktionary) is a process whereby societies come under or adopt the Western

Bayonet Constitution

Dole participated in a revolution in 1887 in which local businessmen, sugar planters and politicians backed by the Honolulu Rifles forced adoption of the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii written by Interior Minister Lorrin A. Thurston. A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turnaround" is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae The 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii stripped the Hawaiian monarchy of much of its authority disenfranchising most of the native population and initiating a transfer Lorrin Andrews Thurston (1857–1931 was a lawyer born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i who published the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (forerunner It stripped voting rights from all Asians outright, and disenfranchised poor Native Hawaiians, Americans and Europeans due to income and wealth requirements, effectively consolidating power with the elite Native Hawaiian, European and American subjects of the kingdom. "Kanaka" redirects here For the Tamil actress see Kanaka (actress. In addition, it minimized the power of the monarch in favor of more influential governance by the Privy Council, the royal cabinet. Kalākaua later appointed Dole a justice of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi Supreme Court.

End of the monarchy

Sanford B. Dole, on the left, continued as Governor of the new Territory of Hawaiʻi until the Hawaiian Organic Act of 1900 established a permanent territorial government led by a governor.

The monarchy ended in January 1893 after a coup d'etat organized by many of the same actors involved in the 1887 revolt. Until the 1890s the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i was an independent sovereign state recognized by the United States the United Kingdom France Japan and Germany The U. S. Minister to Hawaii John L. Stevens, returning on the U. John Leavitt Stevens ( August 1, 1820 &ndash February 8, 1895) was the United States Department of State Minister to the S. S. Boston while these events were in progress, requested the landing of U. S. Marines and bluejackets in Honolulu the day before the Provisional Government was declared, "for the purpose of protecting our legation, consulate, and the lives and property of American citizens, and to assist in preserving public order. " Historian Russ Kuykdendall states, "the troops did not cooperate with the committee, and the committee had no more knowledge than did the Queen's Government where the troops were going nor what they were going to do. "^[1] The Provisional Government that was formed after the coup was led by President Dole, and was recognized within 48 hours by all nations with diplomatic ties to the Kingdom of Hawaii as the legitimate government of the islands. With Grover Cleveland's election as President of the United States, the Provisional Government's hopes of annexation were derailed for a time. Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18 1837 June 24 1908 was both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. Indeed, Cleveland tried to directly help reinstate the monarchy, after an investigation led by James Henderson Blount. James Henderson Blount ( September 12, 1837 - March 8, 1903) an American statesman was born near Clinton Jones County Georgia The Blount Report of July 17, 1893, commissioned by President Cleveland, concluded that the Committee of Safety conspired with U. The Blount Report is the popular name given to the part of the 1893 United States House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee Report regarding the overthrow The Committee of Safety, formally the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, was a 13-member council composed of American Hawaiian and European Hawaiian traitors but a majority S. ambassador John L. Stevens to land the United States Marine Corps, to forcibly remove Queen Liliʻuokalani from power, and declare a Provisional Government of Hawaiʻi consisting of members from the Committee of Safety. John Leavitt Stevens ( August 1, 1820 &ndash February 8, 1895) was the United States Department of State Minister to the

On November 16, 1893, Albert Willis presented the Queen with Cleveland's request that she grant amnesty to the Revolutionists in return for reinstatement. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Queen refused, demanding capital punishment for those involved. On December 23, unaware that Cleveland had referred the matter to Congress, Willis presented the Provisional Government with Cleveland's demand to restore the queen to the throne — the Provisional Government refused. Events 962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city

The Morgan Report of February 26, 1894, concluded that the overthrow was locally based, motivated by a history of corruption of the monarchy, and that American troops only served to protect American property and citizens and had no role in the end of the Hawaiian Monarchy. The Morgan Report was an 1894 report concluding an official U Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common ^[2]

The Provisional Government held a constitutional convention and on July 4, 1894, established the Republic of Hawaiʻi. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

After an unsuccessful attempt at armed rebellion on January 6, 1895, the Queen abdicated and swore allegiance to the Republic of Hawaii on January 24, 1895. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year While under arrest, she wrote, "I hereby do fully and unequivocally admit and declare that the Government of the Republic of Hawaii is the only lawful Government of the Hawaiian Islands, and that the late Hawaiian monarchy is finally and forever ended, and no longer of any legal or actual validity, force or effect whatsoever. ^[3]

President of a republic

Lorrin A. Thurston declined the presidency and Dole was chosen to lead the government instead; Dole would serve as the first and only president from 1894 to 1900. Lorrin Andrews Thurston (1857–1931 was a lawyer born and raised in the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i who published the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (forerunner Dole in turn appointed Thurston to lead a lobbying effort in Washington, DC and secure Hawaiʻi's annexation. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D

Dole's government weathered several attempts to restore the monarchy, including an attempted armed rebellion in which Robert William Wilcox participated; Wilcox and the other conspirators had their sentences reduced or commuted by Dole after being sentenced to death. This article is about the Hawaiian revolutionary for the English martyr see Bl Dole was successful as a diplomat - every nation that recognized the Kingdom of Hawaii also recognized the Republic of Hawaii.

Governor and judge

President William McKinley appointed Dole to become the first territorial governor after U. William McKinley Jr ( January 29, 1843 September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last The Territory of Hawaii, abbreviated officially as TH, was established on July 7, 1898 and dissolved on August 21, 1959 when S. annexation of Hawaiʻi had been procured. Dole assumed the office in 1900 but resigned in 1903 to accept an appointment as U. S. District Court judge. He served in the latter post until 1915 and died after a series of strokes in 1926. His ashes are interred in the cemetery of Kawaiahaʻo Church. Kawaiahao Church (or Ka wai a Hao is a historic Congregational church located in Downtown Honolulu on the Hawaiian Island of O{{okina}}ahu Dole Middle School which is located in Kalihi Valley on the island of Oʻahu was named after him in 1956. Dole Middle School (previously called Sanford Ballard Dole Intermediate is a School located in Kalihi Valley on the island of Oʻahu in Honolulu Kalihi (meaning "the edge" in Hawaiian) is a neighborhood community of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi Oahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) known as ''"The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the

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