Political career Cecil Brown (Hawaii politician)

1 political career

1.1 kingdom of hawaii
1.2 provisional government of hawaii
1.3 republic of hawaii

political career

cecil brown’s political career spanned 40 years (1876–1913). engaged in politics under 4 constitutions of kingdom of hawaii prior annexation united states: 1840, 1852, 1864, , 1887, , constitution republic of hawaii (of brown 1 of framers) adopted on july 4, 1894. last 3 constitutions (1864, 1887, , 1894) each in effect @ point during cecil brown’s career in public service.

kingdom of hawaii

on september 5, 1876, representative samuel kamakau died in office. special election fill remainder of term held september 18, 1876 , brown elected. bid re-election in february 1878 close unsuccessful.

in july 1878 brown appointed clerk attorney general , november of same year legal announcements published in local newspapers referenced him deputy attorney general. listed in kingdom’s directory 1880 deputy attorney general, first use of title in official directory.

brown carried several government appointments. in addition notary public, appointed in 1877 three-person board of appraisers of lands, , in 1879 agent take acknowledgments instruments. later resign 3 appointments in 1887, in compliance 1887 constitution of kingdom of hawaii.

kingdom of hawaii cabinet, november, 1892. brown top left

in february 1884, cecil brown (along brothers godfrey , frank) elected legislative assembly’s house of representatives. cecil proposed, passed, , had signed law first bill of legislative session, named turkey law . brown re-elected in 1886, 1888 , appointed chair of judiciary committee, , 1890.

while planning run vacant seat in house of nobles, brown appointed attorney general of kingdom of hawaii in newly formed cabinet of queen liliuokalani in november 1892. cabinet disbanded on january 12, 1893 , on january 17 coup d état resulted in overthrow of kingdom of hawaii.

provisional government of hawaii



constitutional convention members (1894). brown top row, last on right

the provisional government of hawaii established advisory council vested legislative powers. brown appointed on january 25, 1893 after declining appointment attorney general, made on january 16, evening before overthrow. on march 20, 1893 appointed commissioner of three-person committee tasked revision of hawaiian penal code, , appointed chair of judiciary committee. act calling constitutional convention (to brown delegate) passed on march 15, 1894 , convened may 30 july 3, 1894. brown 1 of signers of 1894 constitution of newly formed republic of hawaii.

republic of hawaii

brown resigned advisory council on october 25, 1894 run senate. elected in november 1894 , served continuously through 1904. during tenure in senate, brown served on council of state june 23, 1895 through 1901, , on senate judiciary, coinage, , foreign relations committees. in november 1904, though nominated, brown not re-elected. there talk of brown running again in general elections of 1906 , 1908, in 1910 re-elected. cecil brown retired senate in may 1914.

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