Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Cristy, Albert Moses February 13, 1889 - 
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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

ALBERT MOSES CRISTY, Lawyer. A member of the law firm of Brown, Cristy & 
Davis, Albert M. Cristy, lawyer and a leader in Republican politics, has 
practiced in Honolulu for ten years. He has served the public as a legislator 
and while in the house of representatives helped public school teachers to 
obtain higher salaries, outlining the schedule of compensation used since 1920.
  Born at Hudson, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1889, Mr. Cristy is the son of Rev. Albert 
Barnes and Mary Wilhelmina (Linsley) Cristy. He received his academic 
education at Brown University, A.B., 1909. While at this institution Mr. 
Cristy was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities, 
the Brown Glee Club and was a member of the college swimming team in 1908 and 
1909. Before beginning the study of law he was an instructor in mathematics 
and mechanical drawing at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., from 1909 to 
1911.
  Upon receiving his law degree at Harvard Law School, where he was graduated 
with honors in 1914, Mr. Cristy came to Honolulu, starting with the law firm 
of Frear, Prosser, Anderson & Marx. The following year he was appointed first 
deputy city and county attorney and was reappointed to that office in 1917, 
serving until July, 1919, in which capacity he initiated highway improvements 
under the assessment plan. He served as secretary of the Bar Association of 
Hawaii from 1915 to 1924. Mr. Cristy became a member of the law firm of Brown, 
Cristy & Davis when it was organized in 1919.
  Entering politics in 1920, Mr. Cristy was elected to the legislature as a 
representative from the Fourth District. He was a Republican nominee for the 
senate in 1924.
  Mr. Cristy and Jessamine J. Bowman of Chicago were married in Honolulu in 
1915. They have two children, Carol Linsley and Jessamine Prentice Cristy. Mr. 
Cristy is a member of Lodge Le Progres de l’Oceanie, F. & A.M. and Honolulu 
Lodge 616, B.P.O.E.


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