Honolulu-Hawaii County HI Archives Biographies.....Achi, William Charles December 16, 1858 - December 11, 1928
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

 Achi, William Charles: Attorney.

     Born Dec. 16, 1858, Kohala, Island of Hawaii, son of Lum and Kinilau
(Lualoa) Achi; married Mary Kelii, Honolulu, June 24, 1898; son, Judge William
Charles Achi, Jr.; member Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, Ad Club and Puuhonua
Association.

     Great-grandson of Puou, one of the chief warriors of King Kamehameha I, Mr.
Achi studied law in the offices of William R. Castle, was admitted to the Bar of
Hawaii in February, 1887, and was engaged in private practice until his death in
Honolulu, on Dec, 11, 1928.

     After obtaining his education at the Hilo Boarding School, the seminary at
Lahainaluna, Maui, and Oahu College, Mr. Achi was elected in 1897 to the House
of the Legislature of the Republic of Hawaii, was chosen Councillor of State at
the 1898 legislative session, and was elected in 1900 as one of the first
Senators to the Legislature of Hawaii after the annexation of the Islands.
Reelected in 1902 to the Senate, Senator Achi also was one of the delegates to
the Municipal Charter Convention and made a strong fight in 1916 for the modern
city charter of Honolulu. Mr. Achi was an alternate to the Republican National
Convention at Chicago in 1916.


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