George R. Carter

George Robert Carter ( born December 28, 1866 in Honolulu, Hawaii, † February 11, 1933 ) was an American politician and the second Governor of Hawaii Territory, 1903-1907.

Career

George Carter attended the Fort Street School in Honolulu (now McKinley High School), the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and Yale University. After his education at the Seattle National Bank, he returned to Hawaii in 1895 and worked as a cashier at the C. Brewer & Co., where his father, Hanry AP Carter, senior partner was. Between 1898 and 1902 he was engaged in the Hawaiian Trust Company to set up and manage. Furthermore, he was promoted to Managing Director of the Hawaiian Fertilizer Company. He also served as director of the Bank of Hawaii, C. Brewer and Alexander & Baldwin.

Carter was elected in 1901 in the Hawaii Territorial Senate of Oahu. As a territorial senator, he was the unofficial representative to Washington DC sent to discuss with President Theodore Roosevelt the territorial status. In the end, Roosevelt appointed him in 1902 to the Secretary of the Territory, and finally in 1903 to the territorial governor. He followed Sanford Dole, who resigned to take up a post as a federal judge.

During Carter's administration created the current Countysystem. The five counties (Oahu, Maui, Kauai, Hawaii, and Kalawao ) were introduced on 1 January 1906. (Oahu County later became the City and County of Honolulu, 1909. )

After his resignation, and until his death on February 11, 1933, Honolulu Carter remained active in politics. Carter was a member of the Hawaiian Historical Society and engaged in historical research, collected valuable books and documents. 1922 Carter donated his collection to the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society, which keeps this and the Mission Houses Museum.

Literature Note

• Dyke, C.Y. (editor), Biographical Sketches of Hawaii's Rulers, 8th ed ( Honolulu: Bishop National Bank of Hawaii, 1957), p. 22-23.