Henry E. Cooper
Henry Ernest Cooper | |
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Republic of Hawaii Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office November 6, 1895 – March 29, 1899 | |
President | Sanford B. Dole |
Personal details | |
Born | New Albany, Indiana | August 28, 1857
Died | May 15, 1929 Long Beach, California | (aged 71)
Spouse | Mary Ellen Porter |
Children | 7 |
Occupation | Lawyer, judge, politician |
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Henry Ernest Cooper (August 28, 1857 – May 15, 1929) was an
Early life
Cooper was born August 28, 1857, in
Cooper married Mary Ellen Porter October 2, 1883, in San Diego, California. In 1884 he named his estate Bonita Ranch, and the name was applied to the post office of Bonita, California.[2] There the Coopers had five children: Alfred Dykes Cooper (born 6/8/1886), Henry Ernest Cooper Jr. (born July 1887), Wallace McKay Cooper (August 1888 – April 1, 1966), Theodore Augustus Cooper (born October 28, 1889), and Alice Cooper (December 9, 1890 – 1978). He worked as an attorney for the California Southern Railroad, including arguing several cases in the Supreme Court of California.[3]
Cooper then moved with his family to the Hawaiian Islands in 1890. In Hawaii the Coopers had three more children: Ysabel Cooper, and twin Irene, (born February 19, 1894), and Francis Judd Cooper (born April 6, 1895). They settled in the Mānoa Valley near Honolulu where Cooper Road is named for him at 21°18′39″N 157°48′55″W / 21.31083°N 157.81528°W.[4]
Politics
In Hawaii, Cooper quickly got involved in Hawaiian politics during a very turbulent decade, with several changes of government.
On January 14, 1893, he was chairman of the
From March 7, 1893, to November 4, 1895, he was judge of the first circuit court. Beginning on November 6, 1895, he served as
From January 11, 1898, to March 3, 1898, Cooper was the acting president of the republic.[6] From March 20, 1899, to June 14, 1900, he was attorney general of the new Territory of Hawaii. Under the Hawaiian Organic Act, on June 14, 1900, President William McKinley appointed him to be the first secretary of the territory, and also as treasurer of the territory. He was acting governor from March 31, 1902, to June 3, 1902. A few days after resigning the treasurer post December 2, 1902, he became superintendent of public works from December 6, 1902, to November 18, 1903.[7]
This prompted some in the press to call him the real power in the territory, accusing him of taking the public works position because he could make more money.[8] A local newspaper said:
Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, but it is only rarely that an ordinary cooper is enabled to thrust such constantly growing greatness upon himself as does this Territorial Cooper of ours.[8]
On January 1, 1903, he sent congratulatory messages over the first submarine communications cable from San Francisco to Hawaii. Recipients included US President Theodore Roosevelt and Clarence Mackay, president of the Commercial Pacific Cable Company.[9]
An investigation in 1903 noted that most public works projects had ceased because of lack of funds, but government crews repaved the sidewalks in front of his house.[10] Another scandal involved the new treasurer William H. Wright, who was allowed to escape after he was found to have been pocketing government money with checks endorsed by Cooper.[11] On February 23, 1903, he resigned as territorial secretary, and November 18 as superintendent of public works, after George R. Carter became governor. Carter expressed suspicion that public land deals were being rushed through, with possible conflict of interest by Cooper.[12]
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He formed a law firm Kinney, McClanahan & Cooper (with partners
Personal life and legacy
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Cooper purchased the
In his later years he was active in Freemasonry. In 1894 he joined Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, and organized Pacific Lodge No. 822, A.F. & A.M. under the Grand Lodge of Scotland through the then District Grand Lodge of Queensland, Australia. He served as its first Master in 1895 and again in 1896. Cooper also served as Deputy of the Orient of Hawaii for the Scottish Rite Bodies from 1896 to 1915.[24][25] In 1897 he commissioned architect
He moved to Long Beach, California, to live with a daughter, where he died on May 15, 1929.[28] Son Theodore graduated from Punahou School (then called Oahu College) in 1908, and became an Engineer constructing Fort Ruger in Honolulu. After working briefly for Bank of Hawaii, he enlisted to the United States Army Corps of Engineers and served in France during World War I.[1] Son Alfred D. Cooper was a sugar planter in the Philippines,[29] imprisoned by the Japanese in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in World War II.[30]
Daughter
Several of Cooper's descendants have had distinguished naval and nautical careers, including
References
- ^ a b John William Siddall (1921). Men of Hawaii: being a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. 109–111.
- ISBN 978-0-520-24217-3.
- ^ California. Supreme Court (1906). Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California.
- ^ Mary Kawena Pukui and Elbert (2004). "lookup of cooper". on Place Names of Hawai'i. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- James H. Blount (ed.). "House Committee Report on Affairs in Hawaii". The Executive Documents of the House of Representatives for the Third session of the Fifty-Third Congress. p. 501. Known as the Blount Report
- ^ a b "Cooper, Henry E., office record card 1". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ a b "Cooper, Henry E., office record card 2". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ a b "Too Much Cooper". The Independent. Honolulu. December 27, 1902. p. 2. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ "President Roosevelt Exchanges Greetings with Hawaiians and Flood of Felicitous Dispatches Pours in Upon Clarence H. Mackay". The San Francisco call. January 3, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ "Territorial Government Affairs in Hawaii are Grossly Mismanaged". The San Francisco call. April 8, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ "Governor Dole is Under Fire: Legislature Blames Him for the Escape of Wright; Former Secretary Cooper is Accused of Unbusiness-like conduct". The San Francisco call. April 28, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ "Carter and Cooper Differ Sharply about Recent Land Transactions" Lively Scenes in the Executive Council—Carter Can't Find Out How Deeply the Territory is Involved by Cooper's Private Agreements". The Hawaiian gazette. Honolulu. December 27, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ "May Revolutionize System of Producing Sugar Cane: The Hutchinson Plantation May Co-operate With Homestead Association—Estate to Lose 800 Leased Acres". The Hawaiian gazette. Honolulu. July 25, 1905. p. 1. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ United States Supreme Court (1907). United States Supreme Court records and briefs. pp. 27–177.
- ^ In the Matter of the Application of Henry E. Cooper to Register and Confirm Title to Palmyra Island, Application No. 223, Hawaii Court of Land Registration (1912).
- ^ "Judge Cooper off for Pirates' Treasure Isle of Palmyra". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. July 29, 1911. Archived from the original on August 11, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ "Contest Cooper's Claim to Palmyra". Hawaiian Gazette. 1912.
- ^ "Palmyra Atoll". Islands We Serve. Office of Insular Affairs. United States Department of the Interior. June 11, 2015. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- Joseph F. Rock (April 1916). "Palmyra Island with a Description of its Flora". Bulletin Number 4. College of Hawaii.
- Nature Conservancy. Archived from the originalon August 14, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ United States v. Fullard-Leo
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cooper Island
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cooper Airport
- ^ Herbert G. Gardiner (1908). "Masonic Directory, Territory of Hawaii". Archived from the original on August 10, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ "The History of Honolulu Lodge, F. & A.M." official web site. Archived from the original on March 14, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- hdl:10524/210.
- ISBN 978-0-8248-2006-0.
- ^ "Name Written Large in Hawaiian History". Los Angeles Times. May 16, 1929. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- ^ Larkin, John A. (1993). Sugar and the Origins of Modern Philippine Society. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- ^ "Santo Tomas Internment Camp" (PDF). Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ Bailey, Alice Cooper (1928). Kimo, illustrated by Lucille Holling. Joliet, Illinois and New York: P. F. Volland Company.
- ^ Alice Cooper Bailey (1966). To remember Robert Louis Stevenson. McKay.
- ISBN 978-0-7876-5207-4.
- hdl:10524/66.
- de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
- ^ "Richard B. Bailey, At 78; Headed Mutual Fund Firm". Boston, MA: The Boston Globe. April 16, 2005. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ Lennon, Donald R. (November 2, 1985). "Erling H. Hustvedt Oral History". Greenville, NC: East Carolina University. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Stephen Roald Hustvedt (1926-2005) Noted Maryland Artist". Waller Yoblonsky Gallery. Bozeman, MT. 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
- ^ "Half Staff: Henry Ernest Cooper III". Sandy Bay Yachi Club. April 9, 1999. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
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