Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Cox, Oscar Pihanui April 2, 1875 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

OSCAR PIHANUI COX, United States Marshal. First a school teacher, then a 
plantation employee and after holding numerous political positions, Oscar P. 
Cox, a native of Hawaii, is now United States marshal for the Territory. He 
received his appointment from the late President Warren G. Harding and took 
office Sept. 12, 1921.
  Born at Waialua, Oahu, April 2, 1875, Mr. Cox is the son of John and Dinah 
Keliihopeole Cox. His father settled in Hawaii in 1868, establishing a tannery 
business. Educated in the schools of Waialua, the Kamehameha Schools and 
Honolulu Normal School, Mr. Cox taught school for two terms in Honolulu and 
Kauai in 1897. In 1898 he joined the police force under Sheriff A. M. Brown, 
serving for a short time as court officer. In 1900 he went to Waialua as camp 
police officer and also worked on Waialua plantation as a timekeeper and 
section overseer.
  Mr. Cox was elected to the legislature in 1904, serving for two years as 
vice-speaker of the house. He was a member of the legislature in 1905 when the 
first county laws to stand a legal test before the Supreme Court were passed. 
That same year he was elected deputy sheriff of Waialua, holding the office 
continuously for ten years. He was made road supervisor in 1916 under Mayor 
John Lane, retiring temporarily from public life three years later. During 
this period Mr. Cox continued the study of law, qualifying for practice in the 
district courts in 1920.
  Mr. Cox and Emma K. Brickwood were married in Honolulu, Dec. 31, 1900. They 
have seven children, Charlotte K., Andrew E., Herbertha, Oscar K., Lydia, 
Charles Brickwood and Arthur K. Cox.
  Mr. Cox is a past officer of Kamehameha Lodge and trustee for the Kamehameha 
Alumnae Association. He is a Forester and a member of Hale-o-na-alii and is 
president of the Oahu Sunday School Association and vice president of the 
territorial association.


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