William H. Cornwell
| William H. Cornwell | |
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Kingdom of Hawaii Minister of Finance |
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In office November 1, 1892 – November 1, 1892 |
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| Monarch | Liliuokalani |
| Preceded by | Edward C. Macfarlane |
| Succeeded by | Peter Cushman Jones |
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In office January 13, 1893 – January 17, 1893 |
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| Monarch | Liliuokalani |
| Preceded by | Peter Cushman Jones |
| Succeeded by | Peter Cushman Jones |
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May 30, 1843 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | November 18, 1903 (aged 60) Waikapu. Territory of Hawaii |
| Resting place | Oahu Cemetery |
| Nationality |
Kingdom of Hawaii United States |
William Henry Cornwell (May 30, 1843 – November 18, 1903) was an American businessmen, as well as a military colonel and politician of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served two separate terms as Minister of Finance and was a member of Queen Liliuokalani's last cabinet before the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and relocated to Hawaii at an early age with his family where they became involved in sheep ranching in Waimea. He formed a partnership with James Louzada for a sugar cane plantation on Maui, which was later sold to Claus Spreckels. Cornwell became a horse breeder, president of the Hawaiian Jockey Club, and a participant in the sport of horse racing.
Cornwell held the rank of Major and later Colonel, as a staff member under both King Kalākaua and Queen Liliuokalani. During the 1890 legislative assembly, Cornwell served as a member of the House of Nobles, the upper house of the legislature, for the island of Maui. He continued his term in the House during the legislative session of 1892–93, which became known as the "Longest Legislature" for its unprecedented duration of 171 days. On November 1, 1892, he was appointed by Queen Liliuokalani as Minister of Finance and to form the short lived Cornwell Cabinet which consisted of Joseph Nāwahī, Charles T. Gulick and Charles F. Creighton. This cabinet existed for less than a day when it was ousted by the legislature with a vote of 26 to 13. He was re-elected to his vacant legislative seat on December 5.
On January 13, 1893, Queen Liliuokalani re-appointed him as Minister of Finance to the Parker Cabinet with Samuel Parker, John F. Colburn and Arthur P. Peterson after the previous Wilcox cabinet was voted out by the legislature the day before. She had chosen these men specifically to support her plan of promulgating a new constitution while the legislature was not in session.
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