Joseph Nāwahī
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The Honourable Joseph Nāwahī |
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Kingdom of Hawaii Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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In office November 1, 1892 – November 1, 1892 |
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| Monarch | Liliʻuokalani |
| Preceded by | Samuel Parker |
| Succeeded by | Mark P. Robinson |
| Member of the Kingdom of Hawaii House of Representatives for the district of Puna, Hawaii |
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In office 1872–1876 |
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| Member of the Kingdom of Hawaii House of Representatives for the district of Hilo, Hawaii |
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In office 1878–1884, 1890–1893 |
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| Born | January 13, 1842 Kaimū, Puna, Hawaii |
| Died | September 14, 1896 (aged 54) San Francisco, California |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii |
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Liberal Kuokoa Emmaite |
| Spouse(s) | Emma ʻAima Nāwahī |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Newspaper publisher, lawyer, painter |
Joseph Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahī (January 13, 1842 – September 14, 1896), also known by his full Hawaiian name Iosepa Kahoʻoluhi Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, was a Native Hawaiian nationalist leader, legislator, lawyer, newspaper publisher, and painter. Through his long political service during the monarchy and the important roles he played in the resistance and opposition to the overthrow, Nāwahī is regarded as an influential Hawaiian patriot.
Born on the island of Hawaii, Nāwahī received his formal education in the Protestant missionary schools of the islands. He began his career as a teacher at the Hilo Boarding School and later became a self-taught lawyer. He was also an accomplished artist, noted as one of the only indigenous Hawaiian painters to work in Western styles during the 19th century. Entering the realm of politics in 1872 as a member of the House of Representatives, he represented his home districts of Puna and later Hilo in the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii for two decades. Serving in the final legislative assemblie 1892–1893, he became a political leader for the Liberal faction in the government and established himself as a leader in the opposition to the unpopular Bayonet Constitution of 1887 and loyalty to the idea of Hawaiian nationhood. Alongside William Pūnohu White, he was a principal author of the proposed 1893 Constitution with Queen Liliʻuokalani. They were decorated Knight Commanders of the Royal Order of Kalākaua for their service and contribution to the monarchy. Three days after an attempted promulgation of the constitution, the queen was deposed in a coup during the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii on January 17, 1893.
During the Provisional Government of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii that followed it, he remained loyal to the fallen monarchy. He was elected as president of the Hui Aloha ʻĀina (Hawaiian Patriotic League), a patriotic organization established after the overthrow to oppose annexation. He and his wife Emma Nāwahī (a political leader in her own right) established the anti-annexation newspaper Ke Aloha Aina. The paper ran from 1895 until 1920.
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