Ministry of Finance (Hawaii)
The Minister of Finance (Hawaiian : Kuhina Waiwai ) was a powerful office in the Kingdom of Hawaii , the Provisional Government of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii from 1842 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 Finance
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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
May 10, 1842
September 6, 1849
Kamehameha III
Edwin Oscar Hall
October 21, 1810
September 19, 1883
September 6, 1849
September 26, 1850
Kamehameha III
2
Gerrit Parmele Judd
April 23, 1803
July 12, 1873
September 26, 1850
September 6, 1853
2nd term
Kamehameha III
3
Elisha Hunt Allen
January 28, 1804
January 1, 1883
September 6, 1853
June 11, 1857
Kamehameha III , Kamehameha IV
4
Robert Crichton Wyllie
October 13, 1798
October 19, 1865
June 11, 1857
May 26, 1858
1st term
Kamehameha IV
5
David Lawrence Gregg
May 9, c. 1814
December 23, 1868
May 26, 1858
August 18, 1862
Kamehameha IV
6
Robert Crichton Wyllie
October 13, 1798
October 19, 1865
August 18, 1862
November 5, 1863
2nd term
Kamehameha IV
7
Charles Gordon Hopkins
1822
1886
November 5, 1863
December 24, 1863
Kamehameha IV Kamehameha V
8
Charles de Varigny
November 25, 1829
November 9, 1899
December 24, 1863
December 21, 1865
Kamehameha V
9
Charles Coffin Harris
June 9, 1822
July 2, 1881
December 21, 1865
December 21, 1869
Kamehameha V
10
John Mott-Smith
November 25, 1824
August 10, 1895
December 21, 1869
August 25, 1872
1st term
Kamehameha V
11
Robert Stirling
-
January 6, 1889
August 25, 1872
February 17, 1874
Kamehameha V , Lunalilo
12
Paul Nahaolelua
cirac 1808
September 15, 1875
February 17, 1874
October 31, 1874
Kalākaua
13
John Smith Walker
July 10, 1820
May 29, 1893
October 31, 1874
December 5, 1876
1st term
Kalākaua
14
John Mākini Kapena
1843
October 23, 1887
December 5, 1876
July 3, 1878
1st term
Kalākaua
15
Simon Kaloa Kaai
-
March 22, 1884
July 3, 1878
August 14, 1880
1st term
Kalākaua
16
Moses Kuaea
1824
May 5, 1884
August 14, 1880
September 27, 1880
Kalākaua
17
John Smith Walker
July 10, 1820
May 29, 1893
September 27, 1880
May 20, 1882
2nd term
Kalākaua
18
John Edward Bush
February 15, 1842
June 28, 1906
May 20, 1882
August 8, 1882
Kalākaua
19
Simon Kaloa Kaai
-
March 22, 1884
August 8, 1882
February 13, 1883
2nd term
Kalākaua
20
John Mākini Kapena
1843
October 23, 1887
February 13, 1883
June 30, 1886
2nd term, part of it Gulick served as acting finance minister[ 1]
Kalākaua
Charles Thomas Gulick
June, 1841
November 7, 1897
September 1, 1885[ 1]
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acting
Kalākaua
21
Paul Puhiula Kanoa
June 10, 1832
March 18, 1895
June 30, 1886
July 1, 1887
Kalākaua
22
William Lowthian Green
-
December 7, 1890
July 1, 1887
July 22, 1889
1st term
Kalākaua
23
Samuel Mills Damon
March 13, 1845
July 1, 1924
July 22, 1889
June 17, 1890
1st term
Kalākaua
24
Godfrey Brown
-
January 9, 1928
July 17, 1890
February 25, 1891
2nd term
Kalākaua , Liliuokalani
25
Hermann Adam Widemann
December 24, 1822
February 7, 1899
February 25, 1891
March 10, 1891
1st term
Liliuokalani
Samuel Parker
June 23, 1853
July 4, 1920
March 10, 1891
June 28, 1891
acting
Liliuokalani
26
John Mott-Smith
November 25, 1824
August 10, 1895
July 28, 1891
October 17, 1891
2nd term
Liliuokalani
Samuel Parker
June 23, 1853
July 4, 1920
October 17, 1891
January 28, 1892
acting
Liliuokalani
27
Hermann Adam Widemann
December 24, 1822
February 7, 1899
July 28, 1892
September 12, 1892
2nd term
Liliuokalani
28
Edward Creamor Macfarlane
October 8, 1848
February 16, 1902
September 12, 1892
November 1, 1892
Liliuokalani
29
William H. Cornwell
May 30, 1843
November 18, 1903
November 1, 1892
November 1, 1892
1st term
Liliuokalani
30
Peter Cushman Jones
October 12, 1837
April 23, 1922
November 8, 1892
January 12, 1893
1st term
Liliuokalani
31
William H. Cornwell
May 30, 1843
November 18, 1903
January 13, 1893
January 17, 1893
2nd term
Liliuokalani
32
Peter Cushman Jones
October 12, 1837
April 23, 1922
January 17, 1893
March 15, 1893
2nd term
President Dole
33
Theodore C. Porter
1848
February 28, 1898
March 15, 1893
May 29, 1893
President Dole
34
Samuel Mills Damon
March 13, 1845
July 1, 1924
May 29, 1893
June 3, 1896
2nd term
President Dole
James Anderson King
December 4, 1832
October 16, 1899
June 3, 1896
July 1, 1896
acting
President Dole
35
Samuel Mills Damon
March 13, 1845
July 1, 1924
July 1, 1896
May 5, 1897
3rd term
President Dole
Henry Ernest Cooper
August 28, 1857
May 15, 1929
May 5, 1897
September 12, 1897
acting
President Dole
35
Theodore F. Lansing
1852?
-
September 12, 1897
August 11, 1897
President Dole
36
Samuel Mills Damon
March 13, 1845
July 1, 1924
August 11, 1897
June 14, 1900
4th term
President Dole
See also
Other members of the Hawaiian Cabinet
References
Further reading