William Luther Moehonua
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The Honourable William Luther Moehonua |
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Photo of William Luther Moehonua, circa. 1878
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| Ministry of the Interior | |
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In office October 31, 1874 – December 5, 1876 |
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| Monarch | Kalākaua |
| Preceded by | William L. Green |
| Succeeded by | John Mott-Smith |
| Governor of Maui | |
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In office December 15, 1876 – September 8, 1878 |
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| Monarch | Kalākaua |
| Deputy | Abraham Fornander |
| Preceded by | John M. Kapena |
| Succeeded by | John Owen Dominis |
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William Luther Kealiʻi Moehonua May 5, 1824 Mokulēʻia, Waialua district, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi |
| Died | September 8, 1878 (aged 54) Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaiʻi |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Spouse(s) | Kaunuohua Lucy Muolo Kapeka Kahele |
| Occupation | Politician |
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William Luther Kealiʻi Moehonua (1824–1878) was a native Hawaiian noble and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
William Luther Moehonua was born May 5, 1824, in Mokulēʻia. His mother was Mary Napuaelua. There is some dispute about his father. Some sources give it as Chief Keaweamahi. Others say his father was ʻAikanaka (1790–1868), who did marry his mother about that time. Around 1848 he married Kaunuohua, a noble who was attendant to King Kamehameha IV. On September 11, 1849 he married Lucy Muolo who died in 1865, and remarried to Kapeka Kahele in 1875. His probable half-sister Analea Keohokālole became a civil leader in her own right.
On February 6, 1873 Moehonua was given the rank of Major in the royal guard of King Lunalilo. On September 10, 1873, Moehonua was put in command of ʻIolani Barracks after a mutiny against their Hungarian-born commander. He was elected to the Legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom of 1874 as a representative for Oʻahu island.
Lunalilo died after reigning for only one year without naming an heir, so the legislature according to the constitution was to elect a new king. Moehonua and Samuel Garner Wilder counted the ballots and announced the results. The winner was Kalākaua, who was probably a nephew since Kalākaua's grandfather ʻAikanaka was (probably) Moehonua's father. Moehonua was injured when his carriage was torn apart in the protests that followed, since Queen Emma of Hawaii was favored by the Hawaiian people. On April 27, 1874 he was promoted to rank of Colonel. On October 31, 1874 he was appointed minister of the interior, until December 5, 1876 when he was replaced by John Mott-Smith. He became commissioner of the crown lands November 20, 1875.
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