Paul P. Kanoa
{{for|his hānai father|Paul Kanoa}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honorable
|name = Paul Puhiula Kanoa
|image = Paul P. Kanoa, Advertiser sketch, 1895.jpg
|imagesize = 200px
|alt =
|caption = Kalākaua, Antone Rosa, and Paul Kanoa inspecting the Kaimiloa
|office = Royal Governor of Kaua{{okina}}i
|term_start = January 12, 1881
|term_end = 1886
|predecessor = Frederick W. Beckley
|successor = Lanihau
| office2 = Minister of Finance
| term2 =
| term_start2 = June 30, 1886
| term_end2 = July 1, 1887
| monarch2 =
| predecessor2 = John Mākini Kapena
| successor2 = William Lowthian Green
|birth_date = {{birth date|1832|6|10}}
|birth_place = Honokaupu, Honolulu, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii
|death_date = {{death date and age|1895|3|18|1832|6|10}}
|death_place = Koula, Honolulu, Oahu
|restingplace = Kawaiahaʻo Church
|birthname =
|party = National
|otherparty =
|spouse = Kaleipua
|relations = Kaiakauleheleheokaoleioku or Kaʻaʻaikaulehelehe (biological father)
Kapau (biological mother)
Paul Kanoa (hānai father){{cite web |title= KANOA, PAULO Alii Award LCA 8305 |work= Kanaka Genealogy web site |url= http://kanakagenealogy.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/kanoa-paulo-alii-award-lca-8305.pdf |accessdate= May 13, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161019092112/https://kanakagenealogy.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/kanoa-paulo-alii-award-lca-8305.pdf |archive-date= October 19, 2016 |url-status= live |df= mdy-all }}
|children = two daughters
|residence = Koula (in Honolulu)
Niumalu (in Līhuʻe)
|alma_mater =
|occupation = Politician
| signature =
}}
Paul (Paulo) Puhiula Kanoa (June 10, 1832 – March 18, 1895) was a noble and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii from the island of Kaua{{okina}}i.
Life
File:Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1886 (crop).jpg
Paul Puhiula Kanoa was born June 10, 1832, in Honolulu.{{Cite news |title= Paul P. Kanoa Dead: passing of a Notable Figure in Hawaiian Affairs |date= March 18, 1895 |page= 1 |newspaper= The Daily Bulletin |location= Honolulu |url= http://kumupono.com/Kawaiahao%20Obituaries/TDB_031895_1-obit-Kanoa-h.pdf |accessdate= October 30, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120425121641/http://kumupono.com/Kawaiahao%20Obituaries/TDB_031895_1-obit-Kanoa-h.pdf |archive-date= April 25, 2012 |url-status= live |df= mdy-all }}
His hānai father, usually known as Paul Kanoa served as Royal Governor of Kaua{{okina}}i, from 1847 to 1877,{{cite web |url= http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASHe217/dc3d1ede.dir/Kanoa,%20Paul%20O%20Sr.jpg |title= Kanoa, Paulo Sr. office record |work= state archives digital collections |publisher= state of Hawaii |accessdate= August 2, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120321000122/http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASHe217/dc3d1ede.dir/Kanoa,%20Paul%20O%20Sr.jpg |archive-date= March 21, 2012 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }} and died in 1885.
Since the two are often confused, the father is sometimes called "Sr." and the son "Jr."
On December 18, 1875, Kanoa became a land appraiser for the island of Kaua{{okina}}i. On January 12, 1881, he was appointed as Royal Governor of Kaua{{okina}}i.King Kalākaua appointed him to the House of Nobles in the legislature of the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1882.
He was appointed minister of finance on June 30, 1886.{{cite web |url= http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH014c/d832ede6.dir/Kanoa,%20Paul%20Puhiula%20Jr.jpg |title= Kanoa, Paul Puhiula Jr. office record |work= state archives digital collections |publisher= state of Hawaii |accessdate= August 2, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120321000228/http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH014c/d832ede6.dir/Kanoa,%20Paul%20Puhiula%20Jr.jpg |archive-date= March 21, 2012 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}{{cite journal|last=Newbury|first=Colin|title=Patronage and Bureaucracy in the Hawaiian Kingdom, 1840–1893|journal=Pacific Studies|url=https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/viewFile/10216/9862|volume=24|issue=1–2|year=2001|publisher=Brigham Young University, Hawaii Campus|location=Laie, HI|oclc=607265842|pages=13, 16, 29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415124826/https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/PacificStudies/article/viewFile/10216/9862|archivedate=2012-04-15}}
He was a founding member of a civic club called Hale Nauā in September 1886 which combined aspects of Freemasonry and ancient Hawaiian practices.{{cite news |title= The Hale Naua Society |work= Hawaiian Journal of History |publisher=Hawaii Historical Society |volume= 33 |author= Frank Karpiel |year= 1999 |page= 209 |hdl = 10524/509}}
This cabinet was widely seen as under the influence of Claus Spreckels. The other members, under Walter M. Gibson had no other political experience in Hawaii.{{cite book |title= Hawaiian Kingdom 1874-1893, the Kalakaua Dynasty |author= Ralph Simpson Kuykendall |author-link= Ralph Simpson Kuykendall |url= http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=kingdom3&l=en |volume= 3 |publisher= University of Hawaii Press |year= 1967 |isbn= 978-0-87022-433-1 |page= 292 |access-date= August 3, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150120003313/http://www.ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?c=kingdom3&l=en |archive-date= January 20, 2015 |url-status= live |df= mdy-all }} He kept his post in a cabinet reshuffle in October 1886, but resigned on July 1, 1887, after the 1887 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii (known as the Bayonet Constitution) forced another change in government. After the House of Nobles became elected, he won the seat in 1890 and 1892.
He married Kaleipua on December 15, 1856, and died March 18, 1895, in his sleep.
The site of the family estate is now the Niumalu Beach Park.{{cite book |author=John R. K. Clark |title=Beaches of Kaua'i and Ni'ihau |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4Nff4mz8jgC&pg=PA2 |date=April 1990 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-1260-7 |page=2}} The area was also the residence of William Charles Achi Jr. and his family.{{cite book |author=Moke Kupihea |title=The Seven Dawns of the Aumakua: The Ancestral Spirit Tradition of Hawaii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSfG4BukamAC&pg=PA244 |date=March 31, 2004 |publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Company|isbn=978-0-89281-144-1 |pages=244–245}} The Territory of Hawaii set up the offices of Kaua{{okina}}i County on the hill above the beach, and the site later became Kauai High School.{{cite news |title= School is a history class |date= February 18, 2008 |newspaper= Honolulu Star-Bulletin |url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/02/18/features/story04.html |accessdate= August 2, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022172109/http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/02/18/features/story04.html |archive-date= October 22, 2012 |url-status= live |df= mdy-all }}
References
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{{succession box |title= Royal Governor of Kaua{{okina}}i |before=Frederick W. Beckley |after=Lanihau |years= 1886–1887 }}
{{succession box |title= Kingdom of Hawaii Minister of Finance |before=John Mākini Kapena |after=William Lowthian Green |years= 1886–1887 }}
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Category:Hawaiian Kingdom politicians
Category:Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom House of Nobles
Category:Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom Privy Council
Category:Hawaiian Kingdom Finance Ministers
Category:Recipients of the Royal Order of Kalākaua
Category:Recipients of the Royal Order of Kapiolani