Walter F. Frear

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Walter Francis Frear (born October 29, 1863 in Grass Valley , California , † January 22, 1948 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was the third territorial governor of Hawaii from 1907 to 1913. Frear was a member of the Republican Party and Chief Justice of the Hawai'i Supreme Court .

Walter Frear was the son of a pastor and missionary. In 1870 he and his parents came to what was then the Kingdom of Hawaii . In 1881 he graduated from the Punahou School in Honolulu. After graduating from Yale University with a law degree and admission to the bar, he began working in his new profession. In January 1893 he was appointed district judge by the royal government. After the overthrow in Hawaii, he was appointed judge of the new administration's Supreme Court in March of the same year. In 1900 he was finally appointed Chief Justice of the Hawaii Islands, which have now become US territory. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. On August 15, 1907, he was named the new Territorial Governor of Hawaii by President Theodore Roosevelt . He also held this position under Roosevelt's successor, William Howard Taft . After the inauguration of the Democratic President Woodrow Wilson , he was replaced in 1913 by Lucius E. Pinkham .

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SURNAME Frear, Walter F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frear, Walter Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Grass Valley , California
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1948
Place of death Honolulu , Hawaii