David Kahalekula Kaʻauwai
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David Kahalekula KaʻauwaiHis middle name of ''Kahalekula'' is cited to the 1874 letter by Peter Kaʻeo (). His name is also given as ''David Kaaeiu Kaauwai'' in (January 26, 1856) was a lawyer and politician of the
Kingdom of Hawaii The Hawaiian Kingdom, or Kingdom of Hawaiʻi ( Hawaiian: ''Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina''), was a sovereign state located in the Hawaiian Islands. The country was formed in 1795, when the warrior chief Kamehameha the Great, of the independent island ...
. 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.


Life

Kaʻauwai was born , as the eldest son of
Zorobabela Kaʻauwai Zorobabela Kaʻauwai (/1806 – August 8, 1856) was an early politician and judge in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Beginning as an assistant to the Hoapili, Governor of Maui, he served many political posts including Assistant Judge of the first Supr ...
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 Piʻilani ("ascent to heaven") (born ca. 1460) ruled as Mōʻī of the island of Maui in the later part of the 15th century. At the time Maui was an independent kingdom within the islands of Hawaii. He was the first ''Aliʻi'' to unite the isl ...
. His mother was also a relative of Governor Hoapili. He had three siblings:
William Hoapili Kaʻauwai William Hoapili Kaʻauwai ( – March 30, 1874) was a Hawaiian high chief and politician, and religious deacon of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served two terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the Legislature of the Kingdom in 1862 ...
(183574), George Kaleiwohi Kaʻauwai (184383) and a sister who died in infancy before 1848. His niece became Princess
Elizabeth Kahanu Kalanianaʻole Elizabeth Kahanu Kaʻauwai Kalanianaʻole Woods (March 8, 1879 – February 20, 1932) was the wife of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, Hawaii's second delegate to Congress. Early life She was born in Makawao, Maui on March 8, 1879, and dur ...
, wife of Prince
Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (March 26, 1871 – January 7, 1922) was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi until it was overthrown by a coalition of American and European businessmen in 1893. He later went on to become a representative in the Te ...
, the second Congressional Delegate from the
Territory of Hawaii The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory ( Hawaiian: ''Panalāʻau o Hawaiʻi'') was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 30, 1900, until August 21, 1959, when most of its territory, excluding ...
. 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 The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...
. 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
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. Kaʻauwai married Jane B. Humphryes, on January 23, 1854, at
Wailuku Wailuku is a census-designated place (CDP) in and county seat of Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 17,697 at the 2020 census. Wailuku is located just west of Kahului, at the mouth of the Iao Valley. In the early 20th centur ...
, Maui. They had no children. From 1854 to 1855, he was also an annual member of the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society. He was also a member of the Hawaiian bar. Kaʻauwai predeceased his father and died in Honolulu, on January 26, 1856. Later Hawaiian newspapers, reporting the election of his younger brother William Hoapili Kaʻauwai as the representative of Wailuku in 1862, noted that he was "one of the finest Hawaiian orators" and that William possessed "some of the characteristics of his brother, but has never been in public life, or had the opportunity for rhetorical display" unlike David. He was mentioned in a letter dated to June 29, 1874, written by Peter Kaʻeo to his cousin Queen Emma, a patron of his younger brother. While residing at the Kalaupapa Leper Settlement, Kaʻeo wrote how a fellow
leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damag ...
patient, Kitty Keliʻikuaʻāina Napela, wife of
Jonatana Napela Jonatana Napela or Jonathan Hawaii Napela (first name also spelled Iohatana, full name ''Napelakapuonamahanaonaleleonalani'') (September 11, 1813 – August 6, 1879) was one of the earliest Hawaiian converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ...
, had dreamed of Kahalekula (i.e. David), William and their mother sitting by her bedside dressed in white robes. He also mentioned that this was the third time Napela had dreamt this dream which she had described as ''kuluma'' (customary) since David's death. Both brothers and their mother had also died by the time of this third dream.


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