Lorrin A. Thurston led the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i through the Committee of Safety in 1893. He eventually appointed Sanford B. Dole to the office of president of the Republic of Hawai'i.

In response to Queen Lili'uokalani's attempts to gain more power for the Hawaiian monarchy, the Committee of Safety, formally the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, a 13-member council, planned the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawai'i. They carried out their plans on January 17, 1893. The Committee of Safety was organized by the Hawaiian League, also known as the Annexation Club, a group of over 400 American businessmen, merchants and planters residing in Hawai'i which worked to seek economic and political control over the island nation. The ultimate goal was to deliver the Kingdom of Hawai'i to the United States as a territory. The group's unofficial leader was Lorrin A. Thurston, the son of a missionary and publisher of the present-day Honolulu Advertiser newspaper. Image File history File links Lorrinthurston. ... Image File history File links Lorrinthurston. ... Former advisor to Queen Liliʻuokalani and justice of the Hawaiʻi judiciary, Sanford B. Dole assumed the role of President of the Republic of Hawaiʻi. ... Her Majesty Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917), given the Christian name Lydia Liliuokalani and later named Lydia K. Dominis, was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii. ... A monarchy, (from the Greek monos, one, and archein, to rule) is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State. ... A council is a group of people who usually possess some powers of governance. ... Princess Kaiulani, a member of the Kalākaua Dynasty, was in line to become Queen of Hawaii when her kingdom was overthrown by a small group of Hawaiian citizens (primarily of European descent) and United States citizens. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A territory is a defined area (including land and waters), usually considered to be a possession of an animal, person, organization, or institution. ... Lorrin A. Thurston led the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. ... The Honolulu Advertiser is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of Hawai‘i and has a morning circulation of 143,983 and a Sunday edition of 165,481 copies. ...

During the 1893 overthrow by the Committee of Safety, the United States Marine Corps aboard the USS Boston landed in Honolulu in 1893 to protect American business and interests. On January 17, 1893 The Committee of Safety declared itself the Provisional Government of Hawai'i, gained diplomatic recognition from the U.S. Government immediately and from all the other foreign embassies in Hawai'i in the two days following. The Provisional Government organized itself as the Republic of Hawai'i a year later. United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... Honolulu is the capital and largest community of the U.S. State of Hawaii. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Led by Lorrin A. Thurston and Sanford B. Dole, the Provisional Government ruled over Hawaii until the formal establishment of the republic. ... Iolani Palace, Honolulu The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of Hawaii from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a republic. ...

Members of the Committee of Safety

• Henry Ernest Cooper, arrived in Hawaii 1890 from Indiana, named chairman at mass meeting January 14, 1893
• Crister Bolte, German national, Hawaiian subject, member
• Andrew Brown, Scottish national, member
• Charles L. Carter, American, naturalized Hawaiian subject, member, died during 1895 counter-revolution
• William Richards Castle, born in Honolulu 1849, attorney general for Kalakaua 1876, hawaiian legislator 1878-88, member
• John Emmeluth, American citizen, member
• Theodore F. Lansing, American citizen, member
• John A. McCandless, American, naturalized Hawaiian subject, member
• F. W. McChesney, American citizen, member
• William Owen Smith, born on Kauai 1838, sheriff on Kauai and then Maui, deputy attorney general and legislator 1878-1892, member
• Edward Suhr, member
• Henry Waterhouse, Hawaiian subject of Tasmanian birth, came to Hawaii 1851, member
• William C. Wilder, American, Hawaiian subject, member

See also

• Bayonet Constitution
• Territory of Hawai'i

Queen Liliuokalanis protest of the Bayonet Constitution, that her brother was forced to promulgate at gunpoint, led to the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii by a committee of American citizens. ... On August 12, 1898, the flag of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i over ‘Iolani Palace was lowered to raise the United States flag to signify annexation. ...

External Links

• Hawaiian Sovereignty: Thinking Carefully About It