United States Minister John L. Stevens

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United States Minister John L. Stevens was the American diplomat to Hawaii who played a pivotal and controversial role in supporting the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States minister ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocated annexation of Hawaii by the United States ⓘ
allegation abused his authority as U.S. Minister in Hawaii ⓘ
alsoKnownAs John Leavitt Stevens ⓘ
appointedBy President Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
linked to: Benjamin Harrison
burialPlace Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
criticizedIn Blount Report ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1820-08-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1895-02-08 ⓘ
describedAs pivotal and controversial figure in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy ⓘ
diplomaticPost United States Minister to Hawaii ⓘ
employer United States Department of State ⓘ
endTime 1893 ⓘ
endTimeOfPosition United States Minister to Hawaii 1893 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
heldPosition Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives ⓘ
member of the Maine House of Representatives ⓘ
involvedIn annexation movement of Hawaii to the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy figure associated with American imperialism in the Pacific ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
notableFor role in the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy ⓘ
support for the Committee of Safety in Hawaii ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
opposed Hawaiian monarchy ⓘ
Queen Liliʻuokalani ⓘ
linked to: Queen Liliuokalani
participatedIn overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mount Vernon, Maine, United States ⓘ
linked to: Mount Vernon, Maine
placeOfDeath Augusta, Maine, United States ⓘ
linked to: Augusta, Maine
positionHeld United States Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii ⓘ
praisedIn Morgan Report ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Maine ⓘ
roleInEvent facilitated the landing of U.S. Marines in Honolulu in 1893 ⓘ
recognized the Provisional Government of Hawaii ⓘ
spouse Hannah L. Stevens ⓘ
startTime 1890 ⓘ
startTimeOfPosition United States Minister to Hawaii 1890 ⓘ
subjectOf Blount Report ⓘ
supported Committee of Safety (Hawaii) ⓘ
workedAs newspaper editor ⓘ
owner of the Kennebec Journal ⓘ

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Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 → participant → United States Minister John L. Stevens ⓘ
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 → supportedBy → United States Minister John L. Stevens ⓘ
Committee of Safety (Hawaii) → supportedBy → U.S. Minister John L. Stevens ⓘ
subject linked to: Committee of Safety
linked to: United States Minister John L. Stevens
Committee of Safety (Hawaii) → requestedAssistanceFrom → United States Minister John L. Stevens ⓘ
subject linked to: Committee of Safety