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C J (Charles James) McCarthy, Governor of the Territory of HawaiiDescription
Document appointing W. K. Waialeahi as a Member and Chairman of the Board of Election Inspectors for the Sixth Precinct of the Sixth Representative District. Signed by C. J. McCarthy, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii and Curtis P. Iaukea, Secretary of the Territory. 2 Excellent Signatures on this document. Document is dated 1st Day of September, 1920.
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Charles James McCarthy (August 4, 1861 – November 26, 1929) was the fifth Territorial Governor of Hawaii and served from 1918 to 1921.[3] He was a member of the House of Nobles in 1890, supporter of Liliuokalani and ironically a captain in the pro-annexation Honolulu Rifles. He also was a territorial senator 1907-12 and treasurer 1912-14 before becoming chief executive. He was co-founder of the Hawai'i Democratic Party.
McCarthy also railed against the land policies of the Big Five and was the first governor to advocate statehood for Hawaii. Annoyed by the policies of his Democratic administration, McCarthy was gently nudged out of politics by Republicans. In return, he was given a job as Washington representative of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, and later general manager of Hawaiian Dredging Co. during which he worked on the Waikiki Reclamation project which resulted in the construction of the Ala Wai Canal. He died in 1929 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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