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Governors of Oahu

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dues and shall deliver over the same to the Premier. All important decisions rest with him in times of emergency, unless the King or Premier be present. He shall have charge of all the King's business on the island, the taxation, new improvements to be extended, and plans for the increase of wealth, and all officers shall be subject to him. He shall also have power to decide all questions, and transact all island business which is not by law assigned to others.
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The governor shall be the superior over his particular island or islands. He shall have charge of the munitions of war, under the direction of the King, however, and the Premier. He shall have charge of the forts, the soldiery, the arms and all the implements of war. He shall receive the government
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on November 14, 1890, with the effective date of January 1, 1891. One significant change was this act made it illegal for a woman to be governor ending the traditional practice of appointing female royals and nobles as governess. Kalākaua died prior to reappointing any of the island governors, but
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in 1887, the island governorships began to be viewed as wasteful expenses for the monarchy. The governors and governesses at the time (who were mainly royals or nobles) were also viewed unfit to appoint the native police forces and condemned for "their refusal to accept their removal or reform by
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The prerogatives of the governors and their duties, shall be as follows: Each governor shall have the general direction of the several tax gatherers of his island, and shall support them in the execution of all their orders which he considers to have been properly given, but shall pursue a course
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and was usually a Hawaiian chief or prince and could even be a woman. The governor had authority over the island of Oahu and Honolulu, the kingdom's capital, and it was up to the governor to appoint lieutenant governors to assist them. The governor had replaced the old
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When either of the governors shall decease, then all the chiefs shall assemble at such place as the King shall appoint, and shall nominate a successor of the deceased governor, and whosoever they shall nominate and be approved by the King, he shall be the new
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according to law, and not according to his own private views. He also shall preside over all the judges of his island, and shall see their sentences executed as above. He shall also appoint the judges and give them their certificates of office.
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There shall be four governors over these Hawaiian Islands - one for Hawaiʻi - one for Maui and the Islands adjacent - one for Oʻahu, and one for Kauaʻi and the adjacent Islands. All the governors, from Hawaiʻi to Kauaʻi shall be subject to the
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sheriffs or the marshal". The island governorships were abolished by two acts: the first act, on December 8, 1887, transferred the power of the police appointment to the island sheriffs, and the second,
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Act 19 – An Act to Repeal an Act Entitled 'An Act to Establish a Governor on Each of the Islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, and Kauai'
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called for British and American assistance. Neither the governor nor monarch called for foreign assistance in January 1893 when
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of the islands, but sovereignty remained with the king. The island governors were under the jurisdiction of the
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All the governors, from Hawaiʻi to Kauaʻi shall be subject not only to the King, but also to the
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repealed the 1890 act and abolished these positions on February 28, 1893 for the final time.
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An Act To Establish A Governor On Each Of The Islands Of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and Kauai
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An Act To Establish A Governor On Each Of The Islands Of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and Kauai
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November 17, 1846 (official proclamation, but exercised power as early as 1836)
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restored the positions at different dates between 1891 and 1892. After the
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Lists of governors and heads of sub-national entities
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Index

Governor of Oahu
Hawaiian
royal governor
viceroy
island of Oʻahu
Kingdom of Hawaii
Honolulu
alii aimokus
Ministers of the Interiors
John Owen Dominis
John L. Stevens
1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Premier
Kalākaua
Bayonet Constitution
Liliuokalani
overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Provisional Government of Hawaii
Kamehameha I
Kūihelani
Kamehameha I
Isaac Davis ʻAikake

Kamehameha I
Oliver Holmes
Kamehameha I
Kamehameha II
Lydia Namahana Piʻia

Kamehameha II

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