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Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox (February 15, 1855 – October 23, 1903), nicknamed the Iron Duke of Hawaiʻi, was a Native Hawaiian whose father was an American and whose mother was Hawaiian. A revolutionary soldier and politician, he led uprisings against both the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom under King Kalākaua and the Republic of ...
In 1889, Robert W. Wilcox led an insurrection against the so-called "Reform Government," composed of a small cadre of sugar planters, missionary descendents, and their allies, who two years earlier had imposed the "Bayonet Constitution" upon King Kalākaua.
Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox was born on February 15, 1855 a descendant from the Maui royal line of Lonomakaihonua, brother of Kaulahea, King of Maui before Kamehameha’s reign. Robert led two patriotic attempts on behalf of his Sovereign and countrymen.
Robert Wilcox (May 19, 1910 – June 11, 1955) was an American film and theater actor of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
From 1900 to 1902 Robert Wilcox served as Hawai’i’s first Territorial Delegate to the U.S. Congress. He lost a reelection bid to Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole of the Republican Party, “the very party that had overthrown the Hawaiians,” says Kalahumoku Miller.
Aug 20, 2018 · Robert Wilcox’s Quest for Statehood. In 1890, Robert Wilcox was elected to the Legislature in the Islands. Following the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1893, the Committee of Safety established the Provisional Government of Hawaiʻi as a temporary government until annexation by the United States. The Provisional Government convened a ...
Jan 27, 2019 · Wilcox won, and served as the first delegate and representative of Hawaiʻi in the US Congress. Then, “Washington. July 3 (1901). Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, announces here that at the very opening of the next session of Congress in December he will introduce a bill granting statehood to the territory of Hawaii. Mr.
n insurrectionist who fought to restore the Hawaiian monarchy, and who was sentenced to death for treason, Robert W. Wilcox eventually organized a potent home-rule movement, won election as the new territory’s first Delegate, and became the first Asian Pacific American elected to Congress.
The Wilcox rebellion of 1889 (also known as the Wilcox insurrection of 1889) was a revolt led by Robert Wilcox to force King Kalākaua of Hawaii to reenact the Hawaiian Constitution of 1864 from the Constitution of 1887.
Educated in Italy, Wilcox returned to Hawaii determined to restore the monarchy, but was imprisoned in the attempt. He later entered politics to work for the rights of Hawaiians. Wilcox was Hawaii’s first territorial delegate and the first Native Hawaiian to serve in Congress.
