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.

Foreign Minister of
the Kingdom (Republic) of Hawaii
Kuhina Waiwai
Flag of Hawaii
AppointerMonarchs of Hawaii
President of Hawaii
Inaugural holderGerrit P. Judd
Formation1842

Ministers of Finance
# 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] --- 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

Sources
  • Ben Cahoon (ed.). "Hawaiian Governments 1795-1900". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  • William Fremont Blackman (1906). "Appendix A. List of Hawaiian Officials". The Making of Hawaii: a Study in Social Evolution. The Macmillan Company. pp. 241–243.
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  • Thomas G. Thrum (1890). "A List of All the Cabinet Ministers Who Have Held Office in the Hawaiian Kingdom". All about Hawaii. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. 92–97.
  1. Alexander 1891, p. 335.
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