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1832 Born in Sunny Law, Scotland.
1865? Came to Hawai‘i; Mariner with Williams & Company and Wilder & Company.
1877 March 24, married Charlotte Davis; nine children, including Robert Davis King and Samuel Wilder King.
1893 January 17, appointed Minister of Interior; served under Provisional Government, then under Republic until his death.
1895 July 9, appointed Special Commissioner to take possession of Necker Island.
1899 October 16, drowned at Mokapu, Oahu.

By 1864, the First Circuit Court on Oahu was gradually phased out of existence and its judicial powers were transferred to the Supreme Court.

In 1865 the circuit court was abolished, but the appellate jurisdictions in chambers remained as a function. Such proceedings were referred to as Intermediary Court, but the person presiding was called the First Circuit Court Judge. Appellate jurisdictions in chambers remained as a circuit court function and such proceedings were referred to as Intermediary Court. In 1874, the intermediary function of the First Circuit Court judge was transferred to the Supreme Court, which now held both original and appellate jurisdiction for the island of Oahu. The term Intermediary Court continued to be used when a Supreme Court Justice presided in that role.

In 1892, the functions of the Supreme Court were restricted to those of an appellate court. Its functions as a circuit court were assumed by a reestablished First Circuit Court.

The Insurance Division was created by Act 69, SLH, 1903 to regulate both foreign and domestic insurance agencies operating in Hawaii. The department is headed by an Insurance Commissioner and a Lieutenant Insurance Commissioner. The Insurance Commissioner was originally the ex-officio Territorial Treasurer. In 1963, the Department of Treasury and Regulation was renamed the Department of Regulatory Agencies (Act 114, SLH), and renamed again the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in 1982 (Act 20, SLH). The Health Insurance Branch was established in the Insurance Division when the division was assigned new representation by Act 127, SLH, 1999.

Act 149, Session Laws of Hawaii 1909 , was approved on April 28, 1909 and went into effect on July l, 1909. It provided for the examination, detention, custody and care of insane persons; and for the appointment of Commissioners to examine such persons, and defined their duties; it also repealed Sections 11.16, lll.7, 1118 and lll.9 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii. Previously, judges from all courts had the power of commitment and discharge upon satisfactory complaint or after acquittal of crime by reason of insanity. The physician of the asylum also had the power to discharge if
friends would accept the care of the person. The new law provided that complaints must be submitted in writing and detention was limited to forty-eight hours without examination. Magistrates and circuit judges must submit written certification before commitment. Appeal to the Commissioners could be made within a fifteen-day period. Commissioners (two physicians and one other) were nominated by/with the consent of the Senate for four years. They were to hear cases, investigate and determine sanity or insanity; hear cases from the asylum; visit and inspect the asylum and report semi-annually to the Governor. The substance of the evidence was to be forwarded to the Secretary of Hawai'i for filing. The power formally given to the judge to commit after indictment for crime and without further hearing was retained, but no commitment or discharge was permitted otherwise. The Commission was active until 1939 when Act 254-A placed the Territorial Insane Asylum under a newly created Department of Institutions.

Developed program for researching industrial methods and resource utilization for economic benefit of Hawai‘i, to include agricultural methods and resources. In 1955, functions transferred to the Economic Planning and Coordination Authority.

1857-1861. Photographer and photo studio owner/operator, Merchant St