Sunday, November 25, 2018

* Pirate Eyes on Hawaii Series: DOCUMENTING U.S. PIRATE SECRETARIES OF STATE for the Records

                           
Pirate Eyes on Hawaii Series:

                    DOCUMENTING U.S. PIRATE SECRETARIES OF STATE for the Records

                                                                      vs. the Hawaiian Kingdom


                                                                           -A Review-

                                                                                       Researched by Amelia Gora (2018)


The following Secretaries of State from the United States is hereby documented for the records:




Secretaries of State

* John C. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Oil on canvas painting of John C. Calhoun, perhaps in his fifties, white shirt, black robe, full head of graying hair
7th Vice President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1825 – December 28, 1832
PresidentJohn Quincy Adams (1825–1829)
Andrew Jackson (1829–1832)
Preceded byDaniel D. Tompkins
Succeeded byMartin Van Buren




























"Calhoun served as Secretary of State under John Tyler from 1844 to 1845. As Secretary of State, he supported the annexation of Texas as a means to extend the slave power, and helped settle the Oregon boundary dispute with Britain."  



* John Clayton

John Clayton
JMiddletonClayton-SecofState.jpg
United States Senator
from Delaware
In office
March 4, 1853 – November 9, 1856
Preceded byPresley Spruance
Succeeded byJoseph P. Comegys
In office
March 4, 1845 – February 23, 1849
Preceded byRichard H. Bayard
Succeeded byJohn Wales
In office
March 4, 1829 – December 29, 1836
Preceded byHenry M. Ridgely
Succeeded byThomas Clayton
18th United States Secretary of State
In office
March 8, 1849 – July 22, 1850
PresidentZachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Preceded byJames Buchanan
Succeeded byDaniel Webster











































He graduated from Yale University in 1815."  "On March 8, 1849 Clayton became U.S. Secretary of State in the Whig administration of Zachary Taylor."



* Daniel Webster -

Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster.jpg
14th and 19th United States Secretary of State
In office
July 23, 1850 – October 24, 1852
PresidentMillard Fillmore
Preceded byJohn M. Clayton






























Daniel Webster "was the United States Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison (1841), John Tyler (1841–1843) and Millard Fillmore (1850–1852).[2] "


*  William Marcy

William Marcy
William L. Marcy - Brady-Handy.jpg
21st United States Secretary of State
In office
March 7, 1853 – March 6, 1857
PresidentFranklin Pierce
Preceded byEdward Everett
Succeeded byLewis Cass



























He served "as United States Secretary of State under President Franklin Pierce."



* James Buchanan

James Buchanan
James Buchanan.jpg
Photo in later life by Mathew Brady
15th President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
Vice PresidentJohn C. Breckinridge
Preceded byFranklin Pierce
Succeeded byAbraham Lincoln

























Buchanan Jr. "served as the 15th President of the United States (1857–1861), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 17th United States Secretary of State.



* William Seward

William Seward
William H. Seward portrait - restoration.jpg
24th United States Secretary of State
In office
March 6, 1861 – March 4, 1869
PresidentAbraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Preceded byJeremiah S. Black
Succeeded byElihu B. Washburne





























He was the "United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869."


* Hamilton Fish

Hamilton Fish
Studio black and whitephoto of Hamilton Fish showing head and shoulders with extended sideburns.
26th United States Secretary of State
In office
March 17, 1869 – March 12, 1877
PresidentUlysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Preceded byElihu B. Washburne
Succeeded byWilliam M. Evarts
























"In 1875, Fish initiated the process that would ultimately lead to Hawaiian statehood, by having negotiated a reciprocal trade treaty for the island nation's sugar production.[1]" "



*   Frederick Frelinghuysen

Frederick Frelinghuysen
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen - Brady-Handy.jpg
29th United States Secretary of State
In office
December 19, 1881 – March 6, 1885
PresidentChester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Preceded byJames G. Blaine
Succeeded byThomas F. Bayard



























"On December 12, 1881, he was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Chester A. Arthur to succeed James G. Blaine, and served until the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in 1885.[4] "



* James G. Blaine

James G. Blaine
James G. Blaine - Brady-Handy.jpg
28th and 31st United States Secretary of State
In office
March 9, 1889 – June 4, 1892
PresidentBenjamin Harrison
Preceded byThomas F. Bayard
Succeeded byJohn W. Foster
In office
March 7, 1881 – December 19, 1881
PresidentJames A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Preceded byWilliam M. Evarts
Succeeded byFrederick T. Frelinghuysen

































"As Secretary of State, Blaine was a transitional figure, marking the end of an isolationist era in foreign policy and foreshadowing the rise of the American Century that would begin with the Spanish–American War."



* John Foster/General John Foster -

John Foster
John W. Foster, U.S. Secretary of State.jpg
32nd United States Secretary of State
In office
June 29, 1892 – February 23, 1893
PresidentBenjamin Harrison
Preceded byJames G. Blaine
Succeeded byWalter Q. Gresham






















"As Secretary of State, Foster "helped direct the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy."[2]:11 "



*Walter Gresham

Walter Gresham
Walter Q. Gresham - Brady-Handy.jpg
33rd United States Secretary of State
In office
March 7, 1893 – May 28, 1895
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Preceded byJohn Foster
Succeeded byRichard Olney


























Walter Q. Gresham served "as Cleveland's Secretary of State. Gresham held that position until his death in 1895. "

SUMMARY

The names of the Secretaries of State from the U.S. were found in the article HAWAII AND THE UNITED STATES, Ex Secretary Foster Declares Annexation the Plain Duty of Our Country, found in The Evening Star, Saturday, March 27, 1897.

John Foster:  "As Secretary of State, Foster "helped direct the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy."[2]:11 "

John Foster's article is shown at the following link:


Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, March 27, 1897, Page 17, Image 17

Image provided by Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Persistent link: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1897-03-27/ed-1/seq-17/



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This documents for the records that the U.S. did have intentions to annex the Hawaiian Kingdom since the beginning or in 1820 when the mercenaries/missionaries were sent in waves.

See:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missionaries_to_Hawaii

The U.S. Presidents who had their pirate eyes on Hawaii were:

U.S. Presidents Tyler; Taylor; Fillmore; Pierce; Johnson; Grant; and Harrison.

Additionally, Military officers were involved.

Research incomplete.

aloha.





Reference:  https://en.wikipedia.org
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1897-03-27/ed-1/seq-17/

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