Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Hawaii)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hawaiian : Kuhina o ko na Aina E ) was a powerful office in the Kingdom of Hawaii , the Provisional Government of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii from 1843 to 1900. It made up one of the four offices of the monarchical or presidential cabinet which advised the Head of State of Hawaii on executive affairs. During the monarchy, ministers were also ex-officio members of the Privy Council and the House of Nobles in the legislature . During the republic, ministers were ex-officio members of both houses of the legislature. The head of state had the power to appoint the ministers but later Hawaiian constitutions limited the power the head of state had in removing the cabinet ministers by requiring a vote of no confidence from a majority of the elective members of the legislature. All acts of the head of state had to be countersigned by a minister.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Name
Picture
Birth
Death
Assumed office
Left office
Notes
Head of state
1
Gerrit Parmele Judd
April 23, 1803
July 12, 1873
November 2, 1843
March 26, 1845
Kamehameha III
2
Robert Crichton Wyllie
October 13, 1798
October 19, 1865
March 26, 1845
October 19, 1865
Kamehameha III , Kamehameha IV , and Kamehameha V
3
Charles de Varigny
November 25, 1829
November 9, 1899
December 21, 1865
November, 1869
Office terminated after returning to France.
Kamehameha V
4
Charles Coffin Harris
June 9, 1822
July 2, 1881
December 21, 1869
August 25, 1872
Kamehameha V
5
Ferdinand William Hutchison
circa 1819
May 20, 1893
September 10, 1872
January 10, 1873
Kamehameha V , Lunalilo
6
Charles Reed Bishop
January 25, 1822
June 7, 1915
January 10, 1873
February 17, 1874
Lunalilo , Kalākaua
7
William Lowthian Green
September 13, 1819
December 7, 1890
February 17, 1874
December 5, 1876
1st term
Kalākaua
8
Henry Alpheus Peirce Carter
August 7, 1837
November 1, 1891
December 5, 1876
March 1, 1878
Kalākaua
9
Henry Augustus Peirce
December 15, 1808
July 29, 1885
March 1, 1878
July 3, 1878
Kalākaua
10
John Mākini Kapena
1843
October 23, 1887
July 3, 1878
August 14, 1880
Kalākaua
11
Celso Caesar Moreno
1830
May 22, 1901
August 14, 1880
August 19, 1880
Kalākaua
John Edward Bush
February 15, 1842
June 28, 1906
August 19, 1880
September 22, 1880
acting
Kalākaua
12
William Lowthian Green
September 13, 1819
December 7, 1890
September 22, 1880
May 20, 1882
2nd term
Kalākaua
13
Walter Murray Gibson
March 6, 1822
January 21, 1888
May 20, 1882
June 30, 1886
1st term
Kalākaua
14
Robert James Creighton
circa 1835
May 22, 1893
June 30, 1886
October 13, 1886
Kalākaua
15
Walter Murray Gibson
March 6, 1822
January 21, 1888
October 13, 1886
July 1, 1887
2nd term
Kalākaua
16
Godfrey Brown
1838
January 9, 1928
July 1, 1887
December 28, 1887
Kalākaua
17
Jonathan Austin
November 7, 1829
December 7, 1892
December 28, 1887
June 17, 1890
Kalākaua
18
John Adams Cummins
March 17, 1835
March 21, 1913
June 17, 1890
February 25, 1891
Kalākaua , Liliuokalani
19
Samuel Parker
June 23, 1853
July 4, 1920
February 25, 1891
November 1, 1892
1st term
Liliuokalani
20
Joseph Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahī
January 13, 1842
September 14, 1896
November 1, 1892
November 1, 1892
Liliuokalani
21
Mark Prever Robinson
July 4, 1852
April 2, 1915
November 8, 1892
January 12, 1893
Liliuokalani
22
Samuel Parker
June 23, 1853
July 4, 1920
January 13, 1893
January 17, 1893
2nd term
Liliuokalani
23
Sanford Ballard Dole
April 23, 1844
June 9, 1926
January 17, 1893
July 4, 1894
Served as Head of State also
Himself as Head of Provisional Government
24
Francis March Hatch
June 7, 1852
March 19, 1923
July 4, 1894
November 6, 1895
President Dole
25
Henry Ernest Cooper
August 28, 1857
May 15, 1929
November 6, 1895
October 28, 1896
1st term
President Dole
William Owen Smith
August 4, 1848
April 13, 1929
October 28, 1896
December 26, 1896
acting
President Dole
26
Henry Ernest Cooper
August 28, 1857
May 15, 1929
December 26, 1896
April 17, 1897
2nd term
President Dole
27
Samuel Mills Damon
March 13, 1845
July 1, 1924
April 17, 1897
April 28, 1897
President Dole
28
Henry Ernest Cooper
August 28, 1857
May 15, 1929
April 28, 1897
March 29, 1899
3rd term
President Dole
29
Ernest Augustus Mott-Smith
May 12, 1873
July 28, 1935
March 29, 1899
June 14, 1900
President Dole
See also
Other members of the Hawaiian Cabinet
Sources