Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole

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Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole

Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (born March 26, 1871 in Koloa , Kauaʻi , Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ; † January 7, 1922 in Waikīkī , Hawaiʻi) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1922 he represented the Hawaii Territory in the US House of Representatives as a delegate .

Early Years and Rise in the Kingdom of Hawaii

Jonah Kalanianaʻole grew up in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He attended the Royal School and Punahou College in Honolulu . He then studied for four years at St. Matthew's College in California . He then attended an agricultural school and a business school in England . Kalaniana'ole was a relative of the Hawai'i royal family from birth. In 1884 he was promoted to a royal prince. This gave him a leading position in the line of succession in Hawaii and a leading position in the Ministry of the Interior of the kingdom.

Transition period to the United States

After the monarchy was overthrown, he participated in a failed counter-revolution in 1895. For this he was sentenced to one year in prison. From 1899 to 1902 he toured the African continent. There he took part in the Boer War on the British side . Meanwhile, Hawaii had become a territory of the United States. Upon his return, Kalaniana'ole became a member of the Republican Party .

Kalanianaʻole in the US Congress

In the congressional elections of 1902 he was elected against incumbent Robert William Wilcox as a delegate of the Hawaii Territory to the US House of Representatives in Washington . After he was confirmed in this office in all subsequent congressional elections, he was able to exercise the mandate between March 4, 1903 and his death on January 7, 1922. Since Hawai'i was not an official state of the USA at the time, he had no voting rights in Congress . Nevertheless, he implemented the so-called Hawaiian Homes Commission Act in 1920 , with the help of which the indigenous population of Hawai'i received a right of home. As early as 1917 he founded an association to improve education and promote traditional culture in Hawai'i. After his death, the former prince was buried in the royal mausoleum in Nu'uanu .

Honors

In honor of Jonah Kalanianaʻole, a lava field of the Puʻu ʻŌʻō, which was active until 2007, was named after him in 2004 (Prince Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole flow) .

Web links

Commons : Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ As Prince Kuhio Kalaniana'ole flow is called an active from March 2004 to June 2007 lava field; see. Christopher W. Hamilton, Lori S. Glaze, Mike R. James, and Stephen M. Baloga: Topographic and Stochastic Influences on Pāhoehoe Lava Lobe Emplacemen . In: Bulletin of Volcanology 75, No. 11 (November 2013), p. 2, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher_Hamilton2/publication/258237984_Topographic_and_stochastic_influences_on_pahoehoe_influences_on_pahoehoe_lobe_emplacement/linksinfluences-lava00/stonastic- 30000/stonastic- graphic- toch527 -pahoehoe-lava-lobe-emplacement.pdf .
personal data
SURNAME Kalanianaʻole, Jonah Kūhiō
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hawaiian politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Koloa , Hawaii
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1922
Place of death Waikīkī , Hawaiʻi