Home Rule Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Robert William Wilcox Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Charles Kahiliaulani Notley |
| Founded | June 6, 1900 |
| Dissolved | 1912 |
| Merged into | Hawaii Republican Party |
| Headquarters | Honolulu |
| Ideology | Republicanism American republicanism Hawaiian nationalism Home Rule (Hawaiian) Native Hawaiian interests |
| Political position | Center to center-right |
The Hawaiian Independent Party (later renamed the Independent Home Rule Party), was a political party active in Hawaii from 1900 to 1912, during which time Hawaii was controlled by the United States and administered as the Territory of Hawaii. The Party was established by Robert Wilcox, immediately after the United States annexed the Hawaiian Islands with the Newlands Resolution in 1898 and established the Territory of Hawaii with the Hawaiian Organic Act in 1900. The party was formed to represent and advocate for the rights and interests of Native Hawaiians, many of whom were then inclined to believe that both the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Republican Party were yet incapable of representing them.[1]
- ^ Silva, Noenoe K. (2004). "I Kū Mau Mau: How Kānaka Maoli Tried to Sustain National Identity within the United States Political System". American Studies. 45 (3): 9–31. JSTOR 40644208.