Luther Aholo
| Luther Aholo | |
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Aholo in 1886
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| Vice President of the Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1876 – October 13, 1886 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Kaloa Kaai |
| Succeeded by | John Kauhane |
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Kingdom of Hawaii Minister of the Interior |
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In office October 13, 1886 – July 1, 1887 |
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| Preceded by | Walter M. Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Lorrin A. Thurston |
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| Born | c. 1833 |
| Died | March 16, 1888 (aged 55) Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Resting place | Kawaiahaʻo Church |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Spouse(s) | Kahelepu Keahi Lilia, who had a son, Willie |
| Children | Samuel, Petuela, Ioane. James Luther, Lydia, Willie |
Luther Aholo (c. 1833 – March 16, 1888) was a politician who served many political posts in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served multiple terms as a legislator from Maui and Minister of the Interior from 1886 to 1887. Considered one of the leading Hawaiian politicians of his generation, his skills as an orator were compared to those of the Ancient Greek statesman Solon.
Aholo was born in 1833, on the island of Maui. He served as a teacher at the Lahainaluna Seminary and later became a lawyer and a judge. He worked as a tax assessor for the island of Maui. Regarded as hardworking advisor and a gentleman with “brains and ability,” he had a long and distinguished political career.
Aholo was elected multiple time as a member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the legislature of the kingdom, for the district of Lahaina, on the island of Maui. He sat as a representative during the legislative assemblies of 1860, 1866, 1867 and all the sessions from 1870 to 1886. From 1876 to 1886, he presided as Vice President of the Legislatve Assembly until resigning on October 13, 1886 to join the cabinet of King Kalākaua. Regarded a highly-abled orator and legislators, he was referred by some as the "Solon of the House", after the Ancient Greek statesman Solon. According to later testimony of Charles T. Gulick in the Blount Report, Aholo and his contemporary George Washington Pilipō were considered "some of the brightest [native leaders] then living...in the house".
Aholo was one of the six legislators in the extra legislative session of 1874, who voted for Queen Emma instead of the victor Kalākaua, although he would eventually reconcile with the king. He advised King Kalākaua as a member of his Privy Council of State. He also worked as a clerk and the private secretary of John Owen Dominis while he was Governor of Maui, and was a friend of his wife, Princess Liliʻuokalani, who adopted his daughter Lydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo. In his capacity as Privy Councilor, Aholo and William DeWitt Alexander, the Surveyor-General, represented the Kingdom of Hawaii at the International Meridian Conference, held in Washington, DC, in October 1884. Aholo and Alexander were among the forty-one delegates from twenty-six different nations assembled at the meeting. This conference resulted in selection of the Greenwich Meridian as an international standard for zero degrees longitude.
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