Sanford Dole | |
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1st Territorial Governor of Hawaii | |
In office 14 June 1900 – 23 November 1903 |
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Appointed by | William McKinley |
Preceded by | Position Established (Himself as President) |
Succeeded by | George Carter |
President of the Republic of Hawaii | |
In office 4 July 1894 – 14 June 1900 |
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Preceded by | Position Established (Liliuokalani as Queen) |
Succeeded by | Position Abolished (Himself as Governor) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sanford Ballard Dole 23 April 1844 Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii |
Died | 9 June 1926 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii |
(aged 82)
Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii; Republic of Hawaii; United States |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Anna Prentice Cate Dole |
Sanford Ballard Dole (April 23, 1844 – June 9, 1926) was a lawyer and jurist in the Hawaiian Islands as a kingdom, protectorate, republic and territory. A descendant of the American missionary community to Hawaii, Dole advocated the westernization and destruction of Hawaiian government and culture. After the overthrow of the monarchy, he served as the President of the Republic of Hawaii until his government secured Hawaii's annexation by the United States.
Dole was born April 23, 1844 in Honolulu to Protestant Christian missionaries from Maine in the United States. His father was Daniel Dole (1808–1878) principal at Punahou School and mother was Emily Hoyt Ballard (1808–1844). His mother died from complications within a few days of his birth. Dole was named after his uncle, Sandford K. Ballard, who was a classmate of his father's at Bowdoin College (and brother of his mother) who died in 1841. He was nursed by a native Hawaiian, and his father remarried to Charlotte Close Knapp in 1846. In 1855 the family moved to Kōloa on the island of Kauaʻi, where they operated another school.
Dole attended Punahou school for one year, and then Williams College in 1866–1867. He worked in a law office in Boston for another year, and although he never attended law school, he received an honorary LL.D. degree from Williams in 1897. In December 1880 he was commissioned as a Notary Public in Honolulu. Dole won the 1884 and 1886 elections to the legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom as a representative from Kauaʻi.