Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....De Bolt, John Thomas December 19, 1857 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

HON. JOHN THOMAS DEBOLT, U.S. District Judge. Since his arrival in Hawaii in 
1896, John Thomas De Bolt, United States District Judge, has devoted himself 
to the legal profession with such application that he has not been absent from 
the islands during all the intervening years. He has had a notable career in 
Hawaii as a lawyer and jurist.
  After practicing law in Honolulu for a number of years, Judge De Bolt was 
appointed first judge of the First Circuit Court of the Territory, Sept. 27, 
1902. He was chosen associate justice of the Supreme Court in January, 1911. 
Leaving the Supreme Court bench in May, 1914, he returned to private practice 
until October, 1918, when he was appointed second judge of the First Circuit 
Court, and on May 27, 1922, was appointed United States District Judge by the 
late President Harding, for a term of four years.
  When on the federal bench, Judge De Bolt has presided over naturalization 
hearings and has made an extensive study of citizenship laws. In 1924 he 
prepared and published “Naturalization of Aliens and Their Duties as 
Citizens,” a notable volume compiled for the benefit of persons preparing to 
become United States citizens.
  Judge De Bolt was born at McKinney, Collin County, Texas, Dec. 19, 1857, the 
son of Barnabus Dexter and Mary (Cole) De Bolt. He received his education in 
primary schools and worked his way through high school while employed on a 
farm. Later, he took a scientific course and while studying supported himself 
by teaching and keeping books. He studied law in the office of O. Jacobs, 
former chief justice of Washington Territory, and was admitted to the bar in 
Seattle in 1887, practicing there until he came to Honolulu.


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