About William Charles Achi
Lived 1858 – 1928 (aged 69–70). William Charles Achi was an American lawyer.
William Charles Achi (1858–1928) was a Hawaiian lawyer and politician. He was of Chinese and Native Hawaiian descent.
William Charles Achi was born December 16, 1858, at Kohala, Hawaii, to Lum and Kinilau (Lualoa) Achi, he was the great great grandson of Puou, one of the warriors of King Kamehameha I. He was educated at Hilo Boarding School, the Lahainaluna Seminary, Maui, and at Oahu College in Honolulu in 1882. He was re-elected in November, 1902. He was a delegate to Municipal Charter Convention and made a strong fight for a modern city charter for Honolulu in 1916. He was elected an alternate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1916.
Achi married Maria (Isabella) Alapai on June 15, 1883 but they divorced. Their son, William Charles Achi Jr. (1889–1947), became an attorney, and was eventually appointed by Woodrow Wilson to be a territorial judge.
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Who was William Charles Achi?
Lawyer, politician (1858-1928)
When was William Charles Achi born?
William Charles Achi was born on 16 December 1858 in Kohala.
When did William Charles Achi die?
William Charles Achi died in 1928 in Honolulu.
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William Charles Achi was a lawyer.
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William Charles Achi was American.
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