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King Kalākaua in white military uniform

When King Kalākaua began his reign on February 12, 1874, the monarch was constitutionally empowered to appoint and remove the Kingdom of Hawaii cabinet ministers. The four cabinet positions were Attorney General, Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Interior. The royal cabinet ministers were also ex-officio members of the House of Nobles in the legislature and the Privy Council of State, a larger body of advisors.

The 1875 Reciprocity Treaty with the United States eliminated tariffs on the kingdom's sugar exports, bringing an accelerated upswing in the Hawaii's economic prosperity. Kalākaua and his cabinet head Walter Murray Gibson responded with reckless spending and grandiose schemes. The criteria for appointment to the cabinet changed from being qualified to advise the head of state, to being willing to enable the monarch's course of state.[1]

Kalākaua dismissed his entire cabinet on August 14, 1880. Samuel Gardner Wilder was replaced by John E. Bush as Minister of the Interior. Attorney General Edward Preston was replaced by W. Claude Jones. Minister of Finance Simon Kaloa Kaʻai was replaced by Moses Kuaea.[2][3] Celso Caesar Moreno was denied recognition by the diplomatic corps stationed in Hawaii when he replaced Minister of Foreign Affairs John Mākini Kapena. Moreno resigned on August 18.[4][5] The remaining August 14 cabinet members were replaced by new ministers on September 22.

Concerns were addressed in a written statement from businessmen to Kalākaua in 1882, "... the course of Your Majesty's present Ministry is not conducive to the public interest, nor the interest of Your Majesty ..." They accused the Ministry of influence peddling in elections and manipulation of legislative governance. They were brushed off by Gibson, with no response from Kalākaua.[6][7] The Gibson cabinet dissolved July 1, 1887, ushering in the so-called Reform Cabinet.[8][9][10]

The Committee of Thirteen business men drafted what became known as the Bayonet Constitution,[11] codifying the legislature as the supreme authority over actions by the monarch. Kalākaua was given no alternative but to sign the document on July 6.[12] The Reform Cabinet eventually fell to internal discord, replaced with a new cabinet on July 17, 1890, consisting of Attorney General Arthur P. Peterson, Finance Minister Godfrey Brown, Foreign Affairs Minister John Adams Cummins, and Interior Minister Charles Nichols Spencer.[13] When Kalākaua died on January 20, 1891, Peterson, Brown and Cummins were held over until Queen regnant Liliʻuokalani replaced them on February 25. Spencer remained in her cabinet until September 12, 1892, when he was replaced by Charles T. Gulick.

Cabinet ministers 1874–1891[edit]

Name Portrait Cabinet post Notes Ref(s)
John T. Dare
Attorney General
July 1- Oct 13, 1886 		Legal counsel to Claus Spreckels; Assistant District Attorney of San Francisco prior to arriving in Hawaii. [14]
Walter M. Gibson
Minister of Foreign Affairs
May 20, 1882 – June 30, 1886
Oct 13, 1886 – July 1, 1887
Attorney General (acting)
May 14- Dec 14, 1883
Sept 18, 1884 – Aug 3, 1885 (ad interim)
Minister of the Interior (acting)
May 14, 1883 – Aug 6, 1883
June 30, 1886 – Oct 13, 1886
Prime Minister
June 30, 1886 – Oct 13, 1886 		Gibson enabled Kalākaua's excessive spending and grandiose schemes. As Legislative Assembly Finance Chair: $50,000 for a new palace, $10,000 for a coronation, and $10,000 for a statue of Kamehameha .As Prime Minister: $15,000 for the king's birthday jubilee. He encouraged a Polynesian confederation, with the king as the head: $100,000 to buy a steamship, with $50,000 for operating expenses, and $35,000 for foreign missions. [15]
William Lowthian Green
Minister of Finance
July 1, 1887 – July 22, 1889
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Feb 17, 1874 – Dec 5, 1876
Sept 22, 1880 – May 20, 1882
Minister of the Interior (acting)
May 28, 1874 – Oct 31, 1874 		Geologist and businessman; the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 was ratified while he was Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kalākaua made a request for Green to choose a new cabinet to replace the Gibson cabinet. [16]
Charles T. Gulick
Minister of the Interior
Aug 6, 1883 – June 30, 1886
(acting) Minister of Finance
Sept 1, 1885 		[17]
Edwin Oscar Hall
Minister of the Interior
Feb 12, 1874 – Feb 17, 1874 		Hold-over from Lunalilo cabinet; replaced by Hermann A. Widemann [18]
Alfred S. Hartwell
Attorney General
Feb 18 – May 28, 1874
Dec 5, 1876 – July 3, 1878 		Justice of the Supreme Court
Sept 30, 1868 – Feb 18, 1874
Appointed by Kamehameha V
 [19]
W. Claude Jones
Attorney General
Aug 14, 1880 – Sept 27, 1880 		Replaced by John Smith Walker [20]
Albert Francis Judd
Attorney General
Feb 12- 19, 1874 		Hold-over from Lunalilo cabinet [21]
Simon Kaloa Kaʻai Minister of Finance
July 3, 1878 – Aug 14, 1880
Aug 8, 1882 – Feb 13, 1883
Minister of the Interior
May 20, 1882 – Aug 8, 1882 		[22]
Paul Puhiula Kanoa
Minister of Finance
June 30, 1886 – July 1, 1887 		[23]
John Mākini Kapena
Minister of Finance
Dec 5, 1876 – July 3, 1878
Feb 13, 1883 – June 30, 1886
Minister of Foreign Affairs
July 3, 1878 – Aug 14, 1880 		[24]
John Lot Kaulukoʻu
Attorney General
Oct 13- Oct 23, 1886 		[25]
Moses Kuaea
Minister of Finance
Aug 14 – Sept 27, 1880 		Pastor of Kaumakapili Church [26]
William Luther Moehonua
Minister of the Interior
Oct 31, 1874 – Dec 5, 1876 		[27]
Celso Caesar Moreno
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Aug 14–19 1880 		Resigned when denied recognition by the diplomatic corps stationed in Hawaii; traveled to Italy as guardian of four youths studying under Education of Hawaiian Youths Abroad; removed of his guardianship when it was discovered he misrepresented them as Kalākaua's family. [28]
John Mott-Smith
Minister of the Interior
December 5, 1876
July 3, 1878 		[29]
Paul Nahaolelua
Minister of Finance
Feb 17 – Oct 31, 1874 		Former Governor of Maui, President of the Legislative Assembly 1870–1874 [30]
Paul Neumann
Attorney General
Dec 14, 1883 – June 30, 1886 		Attorney and California politician alleged to be on the payroll of Claus Spreckels; appointed to the cabinet by Gibson. [31]
Arthur P. Peterson
Attorney General
June 17, 1890– Feb 25, 1891 		After Kalākaua's death on January 20, 1891. Peterson remained as finance minister until Liliʻuokalani installed William Austin Whiting in the position. [32]
Edward Preston Attorney General
July 13, 1878 – Aug 14, 1880
May 19, 1882 – May 14, 1883 		[33]
Antone Rosa
Attorney General
Nov 15, 1886 – June 28, 1887 		[34]

Attorney Generals[edit]

Name Portrait Term of office Notes Ref(s)
Richard H. Stanley May 28, 1874 – Nov 5, 1875 Died in office [35]
John Smith Walker
Nov 5, 1875 – Feb 15, 1876 [36]
William Richards Castle
Feb 15 – Dec 5, 1876 A member of the Committee of Safety that requested American intervention in overthrowing the monarchy. [37]
William Nevins Armstrong
Nov 29, 1880 – Jan 17, 1881

Kalākaua's classmate at the Chiefs Children's School. Graduate of Yale University law school. He took leave as Attorney General to join Kalākaua's 1881 world tour.

[38]
Henry A. P. Carter
Jan 17 – Nov 5, 1881 Career diplomat; majority owner of C. Brewer & Co sugar plantation. [39]
William Nevins Armstrong
Nov 5, 1881– May 19, 1882

Kalākaua's classmate at the Chiefs Children's School. Graduate of Yale University law school.

[40]
Clarence W. Ashford
July 1, 1887 – June 14, 1890 Reform cabinet; he was exiled to California for his support of Liliʻuokalani following the overthrow of the kingdom. [41]

Ministers of Finance[edit]

Name Portrait Term of office Notes Ref(s)
John Smith Walker
Oct 31, 1874 – December 5, 1876 [36]
John Smith Walker
Sept 27, 1880 – May 20, 1882 [36]
John Edward Bush
May 20 – Aug 8, 1882 During the Gibson regime, Bush was special envoy to Samoa in an ill-fated attempt to form a Polynesian alliance with Samoan King Malietoa Laupepa. [42]
Samuel Mills Damon
July 22, 1889 – June 17, 1890 Son of missionaries; became business partner of Charles Reed Bishop. [43]
Godfrey Brown
July 17, 1890 – Feb 25, 1891 Kalākaua died January 20, 1891. Brown remained as finance minister until Liliʻuokalani installed Herman A. Widemann in the position. [44]

Ministers of Foreign Affairs[edit]

Name Portrait Term of office Notes Ref(s)
Charles Reed Bishop
Jan 10, 1873 – Feb 17, 1874 Hold-over from Lunalilo cabinet. Husband of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop; businessman and philanthropist. At Kalākaua's bedside when he died January 20, 1891. [45]
Henry A. P. Carter
Dec 5, 1876 – Mar 1, 1878 Career diplomat; majority owner of C. Brewer & Co sugar plantation. [46]
John Edward Bush
Aug 19 – Sept 22, 1880 (acting) During the Gibson regime, Bush was special envoy to Samoa in an ill-fated attempt to form a Polynesian alliance with Samoan King Malietoa Laupepa. [47]
Robert James Creighton
June 30 – Oct 13, 1886 Friend of Claus Spreckels who arrived from San Francisco in 1885 to be editor of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser. His son Charles F. Creighton later briefly served Liliʻuokalani's Attorney General. [48]
Godfrey Brown
July 1 – Dec 28, 1887 Reform cabinet [44]
Jonathan Austin Dec 28, 1887 – June 17, 1890 President of Paukaa Sugar Company [49]
John Adams Cummins
June 17, 1890 – Feb 25, 1891 Maternal link to Hawaiian royalty; wealthy businessman with global social ties. After Kalākaua's death, Cummins remained until Liliʻuokalani installed Samuel Parker in the position. [50]

Ministers of the Interior[edit]

Name Portrait Term of office Notes Ref(s)
Hermann A. Widemann
Feb 17, 1874– May 28, 1874 Justice of the Supreme Court
July 10, 1869 – Feb 18, 1874
Appointed by Kamehameha V
 [51]
Samuel Gardner Wilder
July 3, 1878– Aug 14, 1880 [52]
John Edward Bush
Aug 8, 1882 – May 14, 1883 During the Gibson regime, Bush was special envoy to Samoa in an ill-fated attempt to form a Polynesian alliance with Samoan King Malietoa Laupepa. [53]
Luther Aholo
Oct 13, 1886 -July 1, 1887 Represented Lahaina, Maui in the legislature, vice president of the Legislative Assembly 1876–1886; Postmaster General of the Kingdom 1886. [54]
Lorrin Andrews Thurston
July 1, 1887 – Sept 27, 1888
Oct 27, 1888 – June 17, 1890 		Reform cabinet [55]
Charles Nichols Spencer
June 17, 1890– Sept 12, 1892 Held over in Liliuokalani's cabinet after Kalākaua's January 20, 1891 death [56]

See also[edit]

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Bibliography[edit]

Further reading[edit]

37 pages relating to the Bayonet Constitution
"A List of All the Cabinet Ministers Who Have Held Office in the Hawaiian Kingdom"
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