Governors of Maui

The Governor of Maui (Hawaiian: Kiaʻaina o Maui) was the royal governor or viceroy of the Island of Maui in the Kingdom of Hawaii. The Governor of Maui resided at Lahaina and was usually a Hawaiian chief or prince and could even be a woman. The governor had authority over four of the eight islands: Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Kahoʻolawe. It was up to the governor to appoint lieutenant governors to assist them. The governor had replaced the old Moʻi of Maui, but sovereignty remained with the king.

Role

The 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii stated:

There shall be four governors over these Hawaiian Islands - one for Hawaiʻi - one for Maui and the Islands adjacent - one for Oʻahu, and one for Kauaʻi and the adjacent Islands. All the governors, from Hawaiʻi to Kauaʻi shall be subject to the King.

The prerogatives of the governors and their duties, shall be as follows: Each governor shall have the general direction of the several tax gatherers of his island, and shall support them in the execution of all their orders which he considers to have been properly given, but shall pursue a course according to law, and not according to his own private views. He also shall preside over all the judges of his island, and shall see their sentences executed as above. He shall also appoint the judges and give them their certificates of office.

All the governors, from Hawaiʻi to Kauaʻi shall be subject not only to the King, but also to the Premier.

The governor shall be the superior over his particular island or islands. He shall have charge of the munitions of war, under the direction of the King, however, and the Premier. He shall have charge of the forts, the soldiery, the arms and all the implements of war. He shall receive the government dues and shall deliver over the same to the Premier. All important decisions rest with him in times of emergency, unless the King or Premier be present. He shall have charge of all the King's business on the island, the taxation, new improvements to be extended, and plans for the increase of wealth, and all officers shall be subject to him. He shall also have power to decide all questions, and transact all island business which is not by law assigned to others.

When either of the governors shall decease, then all the chiefs shall assemble at such place as the King shall appoint, and shall nominate a successor of the deceased governor, and whosoever they shall nominate and be approved by the King, he shall be the new governor.

When Hawaii was annexed by the United States of America, the same islands became administered by the Maui County government.

List of Governors of Maui

#	Name	Picture	Birth	Death	Assumed Office	Left Office	Years in office	Notes	Monarch
1	Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi		c. 1736	March 21, 1804	c. 1795	March 21, 1804	9		Kamehameha I
2	George Cox Kahekili Keʻeaumoku II	75px	c. 1784	March 23, 1824	March 21, 1804	March 23, 1824	20		Kamehameha I
									Kamehameha II
3	Kahakuhaʻakoi Wahine Piʻo	75px		c. 1826	c. 1824	c. 1826??	2?		Kamehameha III
4	Ulumāheihei Hoapili	75px	c. 1776	January 3, 1840	c. 1826???	January 3, 1840	14?		Kamehameha III
5	Hoapiliwahine Kalākua Kaheiheimālie	75px	c. 1778	January 16, 1842	January 3, 1840	January 16, 1842	2	Governor Hoapili's widow	Kamehameha III
6	James Young Kānehoa	75px	August 7, 1797	October 1, 1851	c. 1842	October 1, 1851	9		Kamehameha III
7	Paul Nahaolelua	75px	c. 1806	September 15, 1875	December 3, 1852	February 3, 1874	22	Governor Kānehoa's Deputy	Kamehameha III
									Kamehameha IV
									Kamehameha V
									Lunalilo
8	John Makini Kapena	75px	1843	October 23, 1887	February 23, 1874	December 15, 1876	2		Kalākaua
9	William Luther Kealiʻi Moehonua	75px	May 5, 1824	September 8, 1878	December 15, 1876	September 8, 1878	2		Kalākaua
10	John Owen Dominis	75px	March 10, 1832	August 27, 1891	September 9, 1878	c. 1886	2		Kalākaua
11	Robert Hoapili Baker I	75px	c. 1847	April 4, 1900	October 4, 1886	c. 1888	2		Kalākaua
Interregnum
12	Thomas Wright Everett		November 4, 1823	September 4, 1895	May 17, 1892	February 28, 1893	1	previously Sheriff of Maui	Liliʻuokalani

See also

• List of Governors of Hawaii
  • Governors of Hawaii (island)
  • Governors of Kauai
  • Governors of Oahu
• Moʻi of Maui
• Mayor of Maui

External links

• Maui Kingdom