Lawrence M. Judd
Lawrence M. Judd | |
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Territorial Governor of Hawaii | |
In office July 6, 1929 – March 2, 1934 | |
Appointed by | Herbert Hoover |
Preceded by | Wallace R. Farrington |
Succeeded by | Joseph Poindexter |
Personal details | |
Born | Lawrence McCully Judd March 20, 1887 Honolulu, Hawaii |
Resting place | Oahu Cemetery |
Political party | Republican |
Spouses |
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Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | Albert Francis Judd Agnes Hall Boyd |
Occupation | Politician |
Lawrence McCully Judd (March 20, 1887 – October 4, 1968) was a politician of the Territory of Hawaii, serving as the territorial governor. Judd is most well-known for his role in the Massie Affair, in which he commuted the sentence of three people convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Josef Kahahawai.[1]
Life
Judd was born March 20, 1887, in Honolulu, Hawaii, the grandson of Gerrit P. Judd, who was an early American Missionary, a cabinet minister to King Kamehameha III, and co-founder of Punahou School.[2] His father was Judge
Judd attended the Punahou School, The Hotchkiss School, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of its fraternity chapter of Phi Kappa Psi.
Career
Judd made several fact-finding tours during his tenure in the Hawaii Territorial Senate 1920–1927.[5]
Governor of HawaiI
Resident superintendent
Judd became Kalaupapa's resident superintendent in 1947.
Judd's service running Kalaupapa was a subject in the 2003 historical novel and national bestseller called Moloka'i by Alan Brennert as well as the historical account, The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman.[6]
Samoa and retirement
On 4 March 1953, President
Judd died on October 4, 1968, in Honolulu and was interred in the city's Oahu Cemetery in Nuʻuanu Valley.
References
- ^ "#HawaiianHistoryMonth The Massie Case – James & Abigail Campbell Library". westoahu.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ISBN 978-1-57306-209-1.
- ^ George R. Carter; Mary H. Hopkins, eds. (July 1922). A record of the descendants of Dr. Gerrit P. Judd of Hawaii, March 8, 1829, to April 16, 1922. Hawaiian Historical Society.
- ^ "Honolulu Advertiser obituaries, October 17, 2002".
- ^ "Judd, Lawrence M.office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7432-3301-9.