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Henry Alpheus Pierce Carter
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- H.A.P. Carter
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1837-08-07 / 1891-11-01
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Henry Alpheus Pierce Carter was born in Honolulu on August 7, 1837 to ship captain Joseph Oliver Carter and Hannah Lord of Massachusetts. H.A.P. Carter worked in the Hawaiian postal service and at the "Pacific Commercial Advertiser" newspaper. At 19 years of age he began work at the shipping business of C. Brewer in which he would later become a partner. In 1874 Carter was appointed as a special diplomatic envoy of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a position in which he served until his death in 1891. In the same year, he was also appointed to the Hawaiian Kingdom Privy Council. In 1876, Carter was named Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1880, he was named Minister to the Interior. He served in several other government positions including, Bureau of Immigration; Commissioner of Crown Lands; President, Board of Health; Attorney General; and the Chinese Immigration Commission.
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2021-11-29, Carol Kellett: Updated in AtoM.