What is Sanford Dole?
[[Image:Presidentsanforddole.jpg|thumb|Sanford Dole]] '''Sanford Dole''' (April 23, 1844 – June 9, 1926) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]]. Dole was a part of a group of [[business]]men who first forced a new [[Hawaii]]an national [[constitution]] on the [[country]] during [[King]] [[David Kalakaua]]'s [[reign]] and then after his death removed [[Queen]] [[Liliuokalani]] from the throne and took control of the country in 1893. They removed the queen by threatening to use the [[warship]]s of the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] had in [[Honolulu]] [[harbor]]. Queen Liliuokalani did not want her people to be harmed so she agreed to do what the [[revolution]]ists wanted. The Queen went to [[Washington, DC|Washington]] and talked to the American [[President (United States)|President]], [[Grover Cleveland]]. Cleveland decided that this had been an act of [[war]] against the [[Hawaiian Kingdom]]. Cleveland ordered Sanford Dole, the President of the newly formed republic, to make Liliuokalani the queen again. Dole refused to do this. He said that President Cleveland was interfering. Dole remained the [[president]] of Hawaii from 1894 until 1900 after Cleveland was elected out of office. The newly elected American president [[William McKinley]] signed the [[Newsland Resolution]]. The Newsland Resolution made Hawaii a [[territory]] of the United States. This ended any [[law|legal]] or [[military]] chance of restoring the Queen and the Hawaiian Kingdom. Dole served as [[governor]] of Hawaii from 1900 until 1903, he was the first when he accepted a position as [[United States District Court]] [[judge]]. He remained a judge until 1915. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dole, Sanford}} [[Category:Governors of Hawaii]] [[Category:1844 births]] [[Category:1926 deaths]]