Joseph Oliver Carter
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Joseph Oliver Carter December 20, 1835 |
| Died | February 27, 1909 (aged 73) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Known for | Kingdom of Hawaii Privy Council Bishop Estate Trustee Bishop Museum Director C. Brewer & Co. President and Manager Consular Agent for Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Elizabeth Ladd |
| Children | Charlotte Mary Rachel Joseph Oliver Jr. Sarah Henry |
| Parent(s) | Capt. Joseph O. Carter Sr. Hannah Trufant Lord |
Joseph Oliver Carter (December 20, 1835 – February 27, 1909), known professionally as Joseph O. Carter, was also known as J. O. Carter and Joe Carter. He was a life-long friend, confidant, and legal advisor to Queen Liliʻuokalani, serving on her Privy Council of State. Carter was Consular Agent for Japan during the reign of King Kalākaua, and served two terms as representative in the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was president of C. Brewer & Co. in Honolulu. Although he served in the Provisional Government of Hawaii after the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, he was an opponent to annexation by the United States. Carter was trustee of many large estates in Hawaii, and was one of the first directors of the Bishop Museum. Hawaii diplomat Henry A. P. Carter was his brother, and Territorial Governor of Hawaii George R. Carter was his nephew.
He was born December 20, 1835, in a grass house in Honolulu, the first of six children of Massachusetts sea captain Joseph Oliver Carter (1802–1850) and his wife Hannah Trufant Lord (1809–1898). Captain Carter was a trader of Chinese commodities to Hawaii and California, and was the first-generation Carter family immigrant in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Hannah Trufant Lord of Hallowell, Maine immigrated to Hawaii in 1832 and married Capt. Carter in 1833, spending the first few years of their married life accompanying him on his voyages.
According to Territorial Governor of Hawaii George R. Carter, son of Joseph's brother Henry A. P. Carter (1837–1891), no one in the family was named Joseph Oliver Carter Sr., and the only Jr. was a grandson of the sea captain. Sons Henry and Samuel Morrill Carter (1838–1893) were also born in Honolulu. Son Alfred Wellington Carter (1840–1890) was born aboard the ship Caliope off the coast of Tahiti. Their two youngest children Frederick William Carter (1842–1860), and Catherine Rebecca Carter Lewers (1844–1924) were born in Honolulu.
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