# Ministry of the Interior (Hawaii)

The Minister of the Interior (Hawaiian: Kuhina Kalaianaina) was a powerful office in the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Provisional Government of Hawaii and the Republic of Hawaii from 1845 to 1900. It made up one of the four offices of the monarchical or presidential cabinet which advised the Head of State of Hawaii on executive affairs. During the monarchy, ministers were also ex-officio members of the Privy Council and the House of Nobles in the legislature. During the republic, ministers were ex-officio members of both houses of the legislature. The head of state had the power to appoint the ministers but later Hawaiian constitutions limited the power the head of state had in removing the cabinet ministers by requiring a vote of no confidence from a majority of the elective members of the legislature. All acts of the head of state had to be countersigned by a minister.

## Ministers of the Interior

| # | Name | Birth | Death | Assumed office | Left office | Notes | Head of state |
| 1 | Gerrit Parmele Judd | April 23, 1803 | July 12, 1873 | March 26, 1845 | March 4, 1846 | | Kamehameha III |
| 2 | John Kalaipaihala Young II | March 12, 1810 | July 18, 1857 | March 4, 1846 | June 6, 1857 | Served as Kuhina Nui from 1845 to 1855 | Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV |
| 3 | Lot Kapuāiwa | December 11, 1830 | December 11, 1872 | June 6, 1857 | December 24, 1863 | Resigned and became King | Kamehameha IV |
| 4 | George Morison Robertson | February 26, 1821 | March 12, 1867 | December 24, 1863 | February 18, 1864 | | Kamehameha V |
| 5 | Charles Gordon Hopkins | 1822 | 1886 | February 18, 1864 | April 26, 1865 | | Kamehameha V |
| 6 | Ferdinand William Hutchison | circa 1819 | May 20, 1893 | April 26, 1865 | January 10, 1873 | | Kamehameha V, Lunalilo |
| 7 | Edwin Oscar Hall | October 21, 1810 | September 19, 1883 | January 10, 1873 | February 17, 1874 | | Lunalilo, Kalākaua |
| 8 | Hermann Adam Widemann | December 24, 1822 | February 7, 1899 | February 17, 1874 | May 28, 1874 | | Kalākaua |
| 9 | William Lowthian Green | September 13, 1819 | December 7, 1890 | May 28, 1874 | October 31, 1874 | acting | Kalākaua |
| 10 | William Luther Moehonua | May 5, 1824 | September 8, 1878 | October 31, 1874 | December 5, 1876 | | Kalākaua |
| 11 | John Mott-Smith | November 25, 1824 | August 10, 1895 | December 5, 1876 | July 3, 1878 | | Kalākaua |
| 12 | Samuel Gardner Wilder | June 20, 1831 | July 28, 1888 | July 3, 1878 | August 14, 1880 | | Kalākaua |
| 13 | John Edward Bush | February 15, 1842 | June 28, 1906 | August 14, 1880 | September 27, 1880 | 1st term | Kalākaua |
| 14 | Henry Alpheus Peirce Carter | August 7, 1837 | November 1, 1891 | September 27, 1880 | May 20, 1882 | | Kalākaua |
| 15 | Simon Kaloa Kaʻai | - | March 22, 1884 | May 20, 1882 | August 8, 1882 | | Kalākaua |
| 16 | John Edward Bush | February 15, 1842 | June 28, 1906 | August 8, 1882 | May 14, 1883 | 2nd term | Kalākaua |
| 17 | Walter Murray Gibson | March 6, 1822 | January 21, 1888 | May 14, 1883 | August 6, 1883 (acting from July 6) | 1st term (acting from July 6) | Kalākaua |
| 18 | Charles Thomas Gulick | June, 1841 | November 7, 1897 | August 6, 1883 | June 30, 1886 | 1st term | Kalākaua |
| 19 | Walter Murray Gibson | March 6, 1822 | January 21, 1888 | June 30, 1886 | October 13, 1886 | 2nd term | Kalākaua |
| 20 | Luther Aholo | c. 1833 | March 16, 1888 | October 13, 1886 | July 1, 1887 | | Kalākaua |
| 21 | Lorrin Andrews Thurston | July 31, 1858 | May 11, 1931 | July 1, 1887 | September 27, 1888 | 1st term | Kalākaua |
| 22 | Jonathan Austin | November 7, 1829 | December 7, 1892 | September 27, 1888 | October 27, 1888 | acting | Kalākaua |
| 23 | Lorrin Andrews Thurston | July 31, 1858 | May 11, 1931 | October 27, 1888 | June 17, 1890 | 2nd term | Kalākaua |
| 24 | Charles Nichols Spencer | 1837 | March 6, 1893 | June 17, 1890 | September 12, 1892 | | Kalākaua, Liliuokalani |
| 25 | Charles Thomas Gulick | June, 1841 | November 7, 1897 | September 12, 1892 | November 1, 1892 | 2nd term | Liliuokalani |
| 26 | George Norton Wilcox | August 15, 1839 | January 21, 1933 | November 8, 1892 | January 12, 1893 | | Liliuokalani |
| 27 | John Francis Colburn | September 30, 1859 | March 16, 1920 | January 13, 1893 | January 17, 1893 | | Liliuokalani |
| 28 | James Anderson King | December 4, 1832 | October 16, 1899 | January 17, 1893 | March 4, 1898 | | President Dole |
| 29 | Henry Ernest Cooper | August 28, 1857 | May 15, 1929 | March 4, 1898 | July 1, 1898 | acting | President Dole |
| 30 | James Anderson King | December 4, 1832 | October 16, 1899 | July 1, 1898 | October 16, 1899 | | President Dole |
| 31 | Alexander Young | December 14, 1833 | July 2, 1910 | October 27, 1899 | May 18, 1900 | | President Dole |