island of Maui, thinks the fall of the Queen and the extinction of the monarchy a boon to Hawaii, and he is for annexation." He was a participant of the Constitutional Convention for the oligarchical Republic of Hawaii, which was established on July 4, 1894, and was one of the five Native Hawaiian signatories of the Republic's constitution. He also was the president of the Annexation Club on Maui. He served as Judge of the Second Circuit Court from September 1, 1894 to April 7, 1904, when he was removed from office by President Roosevelt. During the territorial period, he became a Republican and served on the House of Representative of the Territory of Hawaii from 1920 to 1923. After an illness of several weeks, Kalua died at the Malulani Hospital in Wailuku, on April 8, 1928. He was buried in the Iao Community Cemetery in Wailuku. References Bibliography 1846 births 1928 deaths People from Wailuku, Hawaii People from Lahaina, Hawaii Hawaii lawyers Native Hawaiian politicians Hawaiian Kingdom politicians Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom House of Representatives Republic of Hawaii politicians Members of the Hawaii Territorial Legislature Independent (Kuokoa) Party politicians National Reform Party (Hawaii) politicians Reform Party (Hawaii) politicians Hawaii Republicans Republic of Hawaii judges People from Molokai 19th-century American lawyers