Clarence W. Ashford

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 circuit court judge during the Territory of Hawaii from 1914 to 1919.^[1]

Clarence W. Ashford
Judge of the First Circuit Court of Hawaii
In office August 17, 1914 – April 8, 1919
Succeeded by	Cornell Franklin
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	(1857-02-24)February 24, 1857 Canada West
Died	July 3, 1921(1921-07-03) (aged 64) Honolulu, Hawaii
Nationality	American
Spouse	Jean (Jennie) Eleanor Robertson
Children	Stanley Huron Marguerite

Life

He was born in Canada West, 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.^[2][3] 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.^[4][5]

President Woodrow Wilson appointed him First Judge of First Circuit Court, District of Hawaii in 1914, a position he held until his retirement.^[2]

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.^[6]

He died at his home in Honolulu in 1921, after a lingering illness following an operation.^[2]

Citations

1. Offices of Ashford, Clarence W.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "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