US politician (1859?1940)
Lincoln Loy McCandless
(September 18, 1859 – October 5, 1940) was a
United States
cattle rancher, industrialist and politician for the
Territory of Hawaii
. McCandless served in the
United States Congress
as a territorial delegate. A former member of the
Hawaii Republican Party
, McCandless was one of the earliest leaders of the
Hawaii Democratic Party
.
Life
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Born September 18, 1859, in
Indiana
,
Pennsylvania
, his mother was Eliza Ann Newman and father Thomas McCartney McCandless.
[1]
McCandless grew up in Volcano,
West Virginia
. McCandless moved to Hawaii in 1882 to employ his expertise in oil drilling and mining to construct artesian wells. He joined his younger brothers James S. McCandless (born 1855) who had arrived in 1880, and John A. McCandless (born 1853) who had arrived in 1881, forming the McCandless Brothers family firm.
[2]
On May 24, 1904, he married Elizabeth Janet Cartwright of New York.
[1]
McCandless entered political life as a member of the
Republic of Hawaii
House of Representatives
from the 5th district from 1898 to 1900.
[3]
After the
United States
annexed the islands to form the
Territory of Hawaii
, McCandless was elected to the
territorial legislature
as a senator from 1902 to 1906. He started his career in the
Hawaii Republican Party
. But by 1906, he started to challenge the long-serving Prince
Jonah K?hi? Kalaniana'ole
.
[4]
By 1908 McCandless switched to join the
Hawaii Democratic Party
to oppose K?hi? as non-voting delegate to the
United States House of Representatives
for
Hawaii Territory's At-large congressional district
,
[5]
[6]
He was also nominated in 1910,
[7]
and in 1912,
[8]
losing all those elections, but Democrat
William Paul Jarrett
was nominated and won the elections in 1922 and 1924.
McCandless was nominated and won the election on November 8, 1932, and served one term from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935.
[9]
Losing a bid for reelection, McCandless directed the construction of roads, buildings, and a sewer system for
Honolulu
. He died in Honolulu, on October 5, 1940, and was cremated and interred in
Oahu Cemetery
in the Nu?uanu Valley.
References
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a
b
John William Siddall, ed. (1921).
Men of Hawaii: being a biographical reference library, complete and authentic, of the men of note and substantial achievement in the Hawaiian Islands
.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
. p.
277
.
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"Glossary M?S"
.
Hawaiian Encyclopedia
. Retrieved
November 4,
2010
.
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"McCandless, Lincoln L. office record"
.
state archives digital collections
. state of Hawaii. Archived from
the original
on April 3, 2012
. Retrieved
November 4,
2010
.
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"Body Blow from Kuhio: How Translating Graft was Knocked out"
.
Hawaiian Gazette
. Honolulu, Hawaii. April 6, 1906. p. 1
. Retrieved
November 4,
2010
.
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Kowalewski, Albin J., ed. (December 22, 2017).
Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress 1900?2017
(PDF)
.
Washington, D.C.
:
United States House of Representatives
. p. 120.
ISBN
9780160943683
. Retrieved
June 16,
2023
.
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"Demagogy Run Mad"
.
Hawaiian Gazette
. Honolulu, Hawaii. October 13, 1908. p. 4
. Retrieved
November 4,
2010
.
- ^
"Territorial Ticket"
.
The Democrat
. Honolulu, Hawaii. November 5, 1910. p. 2
. Retrieved
November 4,
2010
.
- ^
"Link Throws and Hogties Democratic Convention"
.
Hawaiian Gazette
. Honolulu, Hawaii. April 16, 1912. p. 1
. Retrieved
November 4,
2010
.
- ^
United States Congress.
"Lincoln L. McCandless (id: M000307)"
.
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
.
External links
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Media related to
Lincoln Loy McCandless
at Wikimedia Commons
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Territorial delegate (1899?1959)
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One at-large seat (1959?1963)
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Two at-large seats (1963?1971)
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Districts (1971?present)
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