David Kahalekula Kaʻauwai
| David Kahalekula Kaʻauwai | |
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| Member of the Kingdom of Hawaii House of Representatives for the district of Kāʻanapali, Maui |
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In office April 8, 1854 – August 12, 1855 |
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| Monarch |
Kamehameha III Kamehameha IV |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1833 |
| Died | January 26, 1856 Honolulu, Oʻahu |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Spouse(s) | Jane B. Humphryes |
David Kahalekula Kaʻauwai (c. 1833 – January 26, 1856) was a lawyer and politician of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served two terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of the Kingdom from 1854 to 1855. His father and younger brother were also legislators while his niece became a Princess of Hawaii.
Kaʻauwai was born c. 1833, as the eldest son of Zorobabela Kaʻauwai and Kalanikauleleiaiwi III. His father was a successful Hawaiian politician, judge and entrepreneur who owed his rise to prominence to High Chief Hoapili, a trusted friend and companion of King Kamehameha I and the Governor of Maui. Through his mother, he descended from the ancient Hawaiian Mōʻī of Maui, Piʻilani. His mother was also a relative of Governor Hoapili. He had three siblings: William Hoapili Kaʻauwai (1835 – 74), George Kaleiwohi Kaʻauwai (1843 – 83) and a sister who died in infancy before 1848. His niece became Princess Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole, wife of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, the second Congressional Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii.
In January 1854, Kaʻauwai was elected as a member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Hawaiian legislature, for the district of Kāʻanapali on the eastern edge of the island of Maui. He was re-elected to serve a second term for the same district during the regular election of January 1854. He sat in on the legislative assembly during the regular session of 1854 (from April 8 to August 12), the regular session of 1855 (from April 7 to June 1855), and the extraordinary session of 1855 (July 30 to August 12), which was called to passed the Appropriation Bill and other unfinished business from the previous session. Except for the extra session of 1855, he served alongside his father Zorobabela who was a representative for Hamakua, Maui and later Honolulu.
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