Hawaii: Polity Style: 1810-2024 |
| ? ? 1810 - 3 Jul 1894 |
Ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Āina :: The Hawaiian Islands |
| 4 Jul 1894 |
the Hawaiian Islands are proclaimed a republic in accordance with an act approved by the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands on 3 Jul 1894, effective 4 Jul 1894 (Provisional Government Laws, 174-176) [1] |
| 4 Jul 1894 - 13 Jun 1900 |
Repubalika o Hawai‘i :: Republic of Hawai‘i |
| 9 Sep 1897 |
the sovereignty over the Hawaiian Islands is ceded to the United States in accordance with a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the Republic of Hawaii and of the United States on 16 Jun 1897 in Washington, D.C. (ratified by a resolution of the Senate of Hawaii on 9 Sep 1897; not ratified by the United States) (Hawaii Senate Journal of Extra Session 1897, pp. 1-22) |
| 7 Jul 1898 |
the cession of the sovereignty over the Hawaiian Islands to the United States is accepted by a resolution passed by the Congress of the United States (House of Representatives on 15 Jun 1898, Senate on 6 Jul 1898) and approved by the President of the United States on 7 Jul 1898 (Statutes at Large, 30:750-551) |
| 12 Aug 1898 |
the sovereignty over the Hawaiian Islands is formally transferred to the United States at a public ceremony held at Honolulu on 12 Aug 1898 (Hawaiian Gazette, No. 65, 16 Aug 1898, pp. 1-2) |
| 14 Jun 1900 |
the Territory of Hawaii is constituted as a territory of the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 2 Mar 1900, House of Representatives on 6 Apr 1900 with an amendment; Senate disagreed to House amendment and appointed conferrees on 10 Apr 1900, House appointed conferrees on 11 Apr 1900, Senate agreed to report of conferrees on 25 Apr 1900, House agreed to report of conferrees on 27 Apr 1900), signed into law on 30 Apr 1900, effective 45 days from and after the approval of the act (14 Jun 1900) (Statutes at Large, 31:141-162) [3] |
| 14 Jun 1900 - 21 Aug 1959 |
Territory of Hawaii |
| 21 Aug 1959 |
the Constitution of the State of Hawaii (adopted and signed by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention on 22 Jul 1950, adopted by a referendum held on 7 Nov 1950; amendments were adopted by a referendum held on 27 Jun 1959) is approved, Hawaii is admitted to the United States in accordance with an act passed by the Congress of the United States (Senate on 11 Mar 1959, House of Representatives on 12 Mar 1959), signed into law on 18 Mar 1959, taking effect upon the issuance of a proclamation by the President of the United States on 21 Aug 1959 (Statutes at Large, 73:4-13, 73:c74-c75) [4] |
| 21 Aug 1959 - |
State of Hawaii |
