Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Constitutional Convention 1864
Parallel form(s) of name
- 1864 Con Con
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
July 7, 1864 - August 18, 1864
History
Numerous attempts had been made by Mōʻī (King) Alexander Liholiho [Kamehameha IV] to have the Constitution of 1852 amended; the right of the king to recall the constitution had been discussed in the Privy Council. Upon his accession in 1863, Mōʻī (King) Lota Kapuāiwa [Kamehameha V] did not take the oath to maintain the Constitution of 1852. After discussions in the cabinet, the king issued a royal proclamation on May 5, 1864 summoning the nobles and delegates of the people for "the purpose of consulting on the revision of the Constitution." On July 7th fifteen nobles and twenty-six delegates convened with the king, but the business of the convention was the enactment of a new constitution. The convention reached an impasse over the issue of a property qualification of voters, and was dissolved by the king on August 18th. On the twentieth, the king proclaimed a new constitution.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Creation of a new constitution
Mandates/sources of authority
Proclamation of May 4, 1864
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
The convention was not able to produce a constitution agreeable to the monarch who dissolved the body on August 18 and declared a new constitution in accordance with his liking.