James Anderson King | |
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| Born | December 4, 1832 |
| Died | October 16, 1899 (aged 66) |
| Occupation(s) | Shipping, Politician |
| Children | Samuel Wilder King |
| Relatives | Samuel Pailthorpe King (grandson) |
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James Anderson King (December 4, 1832 – October 16, 1899) was a ship's master who became a politician of the Republic of Hawaii.
Life
James Anderson King was born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland in December 4, 1832. He arrived in the Kingdom of Hawaii during the 1860s, just after the American Civil War, and worked as ship's master on merchant vessels. He sailed the Kona Packet on trading voyages to Alaska, Kamchatka, and Japan. [1] When Samuel Gardner Wilder arranged to buy the steamship Likelike, King was put in charge. [2] As Wilder grew his fleet, Captain King was made superintendent of all shipping operations. He married Charlotte Holmes Davis, daughter of Robert Grimes Davis. She was the great-granddaughter of Oliver Holmes, an early settler and Governor of Oʻahu, who had married into Hawaiian nobility. Her uncle William Heath Davis (1822–1909) moved to Alta California in the 1830s.
After the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, King was made minister of the interior for the Provisional Government of Hawaii on January 17, 1893. He also served as minister of Interior of the Republic of Hawaii until his death. [3] On June 3, 1896 he acted as minister of finance until the end of the month when he was replaced by Henry E. Cooper.
King died October 16, 1899, while trying to teach his six-year-old son how to swim in the ocean. [1] He had an elaborate state funeral at ʻIolani Palace (then known as the executive building) with burial at Oahu Cemetery with Masonic rituals of Freemasonry on October 23, 1899. [4] His son Samuel Wilder King became governor of the Territory of Hawaii. [5]
References
- ^ a b "Capt. J. A. King: Stricken with Apoleptic Fit while Bathing". The Hawaiian Gazette. 17 October 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ Mifflin Thomas (October 1983). Schooner from windward: two centuries of Hawaiian interisland shipping. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0799-3.
- ^ "King, James A. office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "Last Sad Rites: Imposing Funeral of Captain King Yesterday Afternoon; State and Masonic Function". The Hawaiian Gazette. 24 October 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "King, Samuel Wilder, 1886–1959 office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- 1832 births
- 1899 deaths
- Immigrants to the Hawaiian Kingdom
- 19th-century Scottish people
- Republic of Hawaii politicians
- Republic of Hawaii Interior Ministers
- Republic of Hawaii Finance Ministers
- Burials at Oahu Cemetery
- People from Bridge of Allan
- People associated with the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom