Clarence W. Ashford

Clarence W. Ashford
Clarence W. Ashford
U.S. District Court
	In office; 1914–1921
Hawaiian Kingdom; Attorney General
	In office; July 1, 1887 – June 14, 1890
Monarch	Kalākaua
Preceded by	Antone Rosa
Succeeded by	Arthur P. Peterson
Personal details
Born	February 24, 1857; Ontario, Canada
Died	July 3, 1921 (aged 64); Honolulu, Hawaii
Nationality	American
Spouse	Jean (Jennie) Eleanor Robertson
Children	Stanley; Huron; Marguerite

Clarence Wilder Ashford (February 24, 1857 – July 3, 1921) was the Attorney General of the Hawaiian Kingdom under Kalākaua from 1887 to 1890 and later appointed district court judge during the Territory of Hawaii from 1914 to 1921.

Life

He was born in Ontario, Canada, and a cousin to Minister of the Interior Samuel Gardner Wilder. He and his brother Volney V. Ashford became involved with the Honolulu Rifles during the 1887 coup against King Kalākaua. He served in the cabinet of Kalākaua and later the House of Representative in the Hawaiian legislature of his successor Queen Liliuokalani from 1892 until the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.^[1]^[2] Both brothers were exiled to San Francisco after the 1895 counter-revolution to restore the monarchy. Clarence returned to Hawaii after its annexation by the United States.^[3]^[4]

President Woodrow Wilson appointed him First Judge of First Circuit Court, District of Hawaii in 1914, a position he held until his retirement.^[1]

Ashford married Jean (Jennie) Eleanor Robertson, with whom he had two sons, Stanley and Huron, and a daughter Marguerite Kamehaokalani Ashford. His daughter became the first woman to practice law in the Territory of Hawaii.^[5]

He died at his home in Honolulu in 1921, after a lingering illness following an operation.^[1]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c "Clarence W. Ashford obit July 1921". Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. July 3, 1921. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ "Ashford, Clarence W. office record" (PDF). state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
^ "C. W. Ashford Talks". The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. March 25, 1895. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ "Clarence W. Ashford Comes Back After Long Absence". The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. April 5, 1902. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ "Honolulu's Rising Women Attorneys". Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com. April 25, 1925. p. 11. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018. "Honolulu's Rising Women Attorneys cont". Newspapers.com. April 25, 1925. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

External links

Clarence Wilder Ashford at Find a Grave
All about Hawaii. The recognized book of authentic information on Hawaii, combined with Thrum's Hawaiian annual and standard guide ((original from University of Michigan)). Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1891. pp. 92–97 – via HathiTrust.

"A List of All the Cabinet Ministers Who Have Held Office in the Hawaiian Kingdom"

Woods, Roberta. "LibGuides: Hawai`i Legal Research: Attorney General Opinions". law-hawaii.libguides.com.

Includes a list of Attorneys General for the Hawaiian Kingdom, their salaries and budgets

[obit-1] "Clarence W. Ashford obit July 1921". Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. July 3, 1921. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[2] "Ashford, Clarence W. office record" (PDF). state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2017.

[3] "C. W. Ashford Talks". The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. March 25, 1895. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[4] "Clarence W. Ashford Comes Back After Long Absence". The Honolulu Advertiser at Newspapers.com. April 5, 1902. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[5] "Honolulu's Rising Women Attorneys". Honolulu Star-Bulletin at Newspapers.com. April 25, 1925. p. 11. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018. "Honolulu's Rising Women Attorneys cont". Newspapers.com. April 25, 1925. Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

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v t e Attorneys General of Hawaii
Hawaiian Kingdom 1843–1893	John Ricord Charles Coffin Harris Charles Coffin Harris (acting) Stephen Henry Phillips Albert Francis Judd Alfred S. Hartwell Richard H. Stanley John Smith Walker William Richards Castle Alfred S. Hartwell Edward Preston W. Claude Jones John Smith Walker William Nevins Armstrong Henry A. P. Carter William Nevins Armstrong Edward Preston Walter M. Gibson (acting) Paul Neumann Walter M. Gibson (acting) John T. Dare John Lot Kaulukoʻu Antone Rosa Clarence W. Ashford Arthur P. Peterson William Austin Whiting Paul Neumann Charles F. Creighton Cecil Brown Arthur P. Peterson
Provisional Government of Hawaii 1893–1894	William Owen Smith
Republic of Hawaii 1894–1900	William Owen Smith Francis March Hatch (acting) Henry E. Cooper (acting) William Owen Smith Henry E. Cooper (acting) William Owen Smith
Territory of Hawaii 1898–1959	Henry E. Cooper Edmund Pearson Dole Lorrin Andrews Emil C. Peters Charles R. Hemenway Alexander Lindsay Jr. Wade Warren Thayer Ingram Stainback Arthur G. Smith Harry Irwin John A. Matthewman William B. Lymer Harry P. Hewitt William B. Pittman S. B. Kemp Joseph V. Hodgson Ernest K. Kai J. Garner Anthony Cyrus Nils Tavares Walter D. Ackerman Jr. Michiro Watanabe Edward N. Sylva Richard K. Sharpless Shiro Kashiwa Herbert Young Cho Choy Jack H. Mizuha
State of Hawaii 1959–present	Jack H. Mizuha Shiro Kashiwa George T. H. Pai Wayne Minami Tany S. Hong Michael A. Lilly Corinne Watanabe Warren Price, III Robert A. Marks Margery Bronster Earl I. Anzai Mark J. Bennett David M. Louie Doug Chin Russell Suzuki Clare E. Connors Holly Shikada Anne E. Lopez