Committee of Safety (Hawaii)
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The Committee of Safety, formally the Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, was a 13-member group of the Annexation Club. The group was composed of mostly Hawaiian subjects of American descent and American citizens who were members of the Missionary Party, as well as some foreign residents in the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The group planned and carried out the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on January 17, 1893. The goal of this group was to achieve annexation of Hawaiʻi by the United States. The new independent Republic of Hawaiʻi government was thwarted in this goal by the administration of President Grover Cleveland, and it was not until 1898 that the United States Congress approved a joint resolution of annexation creating the U.S. Territory of Hawaiʻi.[1][2][3]
Formation | 1887 |
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Dissolved | 1893 (succeeded by Provisional Government) |
Type | Secret society |
Purpose | Overthrow of the government of Hawaii, annexation by the United States |
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Membership | Elite business and political leaders |
Official language | English |
Unofficial leader | Lorrin A. Thurston |
Main organ | Committee of Thirteen, Committee of Safety |
Affiliations | Honolulu Rifles |