Lincoln Loy McCandless

Lincoln Loy McCandless ( born September 18, 1859 in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, † October 5, 1940 in Honolulu, Hawaii ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1935 he represented as a delegate the Hawaii Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

In 1867, Lincoln McCandless moved with his parents to Volcano in West Virginia. There he attended the public schools. In West Virginia, he went into the oil business and the mining industry. After a move to Leadville in Colorado, he was also working there in these industries. In 1882, he moved to Honolulu in the former Kingdom of Hawaii. He drilled wells, among other things. Since 1887 he was also ranchers.

Political career

After Hawaii became a republic, McCandless was established in 1898 deputy in the legislature. Following the transfer of the territory to the United States and the founding of the Hawaiian territory he was 1902-1906 a member of the Territorial Senate. He was also one of the first party leader of the Democrats in Hawaii. In the following years, he applied several times unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Only in the congressional elections of 1932, he was elected as a delegate in Congress the Hawaiian territory. There he completed between March 4, 1933 and January 3, 1935, a legislative period.

Further CV

After 1934 not confirmed in his office, he returned to Honolulu, where he again devoted his private transactions. This included the management of his now acquired plantations, but also the road and housing construction and the construction of sewers. Lincoln McCandless died in October 1940 and was buried in Nuuanu.