Robert William Wilcox

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Robert William Wilcox, 1895

Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox (born February 15, 1855 in Maui , Kingdom of Hawaii , † October 23, 1903 in Honolulu , Hawaiʻi) was a Hawaiian and American politician . Between 1899 and 1902 he represented the Hawaii Territory in the US House of Representatives as a delegate .

Early years

Robert Wilcox grew up in the Kingdom of Hawaii and attended public schools there. He then worked for a few years as a school teacher and was a member of the legislature of this state. Between 1881 and 1885 he graduated from the Italian Military Academy in Turin . He stayed in Italy until 1887 . Then he was recalled by the Hawai'i government. Between 1887 and 1889 he worked in land surveying in San Francisco .

Revolutionary activities in Hawaii

In 1889 he became one of the leaders of a revolutionary movement in Hawaii. He was then charged with high treason but acquitted by a court. Then he was again a member of the national parliament of Hawaii. In 1895 he was again the leader of a failed rebellion with the aim of bringing the overthrown Queen Liliʻuokalani back to the throne. This time he was sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to a 35-year prison sentence. Then in 1898 Wilcox was pardoned.

Wilcox in the US Congress

After the annexation of Hawaii by the United States, Robert Wilcox was elected as the first delegate of the newly created Hawaii Territory to the US House of Representatives in Washington . He exercised this mandate between November 6, 1900 and March 3, 1903. Wilcox was the only congressional delegate from Hawaii who did not belong to either of the two major US parties. He was a member of the so-called Home Rule Party of Hawaii . In the elections of 1902 he was not re-elected. Robert Wilcox died a few months after his term ended in Congress on October 23, 1903 in Honolulu, the capital of the Territory.

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SURNAME Wilcox, Robert William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilcox, Robert William Kalanihiapo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Maui , Hawaii
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1903
Place of death Honolulu , Hawaii