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Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Judd, Albert Francis January 7, 1838 - May 20, 1900
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

ALBERT FRANCIS JUDD, Noted Hawaiian Jurist. For twenty-six years a justice of 
the Supreme Court of Hawaii, including nineteen years as chief justice during 
one of the most vital periods of Hawaiian history, Albert Francis Judd was of 
the second generation of his family in the islands and of the ninth generation 
in the Western hemisphere. He was a son of the distinguished Dr. Gerrit P. 
Judd, who came to Hawaii as a medical missionary in 1828 and for years served 
the rulers of the Kamehameha dynasty as a confidential adviser in the 
upbuilding of their domain.
  Albert Francis Judd inherited his parent’s love for Hawaii and its people 
and throughout his long career gave public service of the highest order to his 
native islands and their residents.
  Born in Honolulu, Jan. 7, 1838, his early education was obtained at Punahou 
School and he received two year’s college training under the tutelage of W. D. 
Alexander. Entering Yale University in 1860, he was graduated with the degree 
of B.A., in 1862, and in 1864 was granted his LL.B. from Harvard Law School. 
In 1894 Yale University honored him with the degree of LL.D.
  After traveling in Europe for a brief time, Mr. Judd returned to Hawaii and 
began the practice of law. With his father’s government service as an example, 
it is not surprising that he shortly found himself also a representative of 
the Monarchy. In 1873 he was attorney general under King Lunalilo, and upon 
the death of that ruler returned to private practice. He had previously been 
in the legislative sessions of 1868-72, and voted for Lunalilo when the 
election of a king fell to the legislature.
  After Lunalilo’s death, the legislature in 1874 was again called upon to 
elect a king and Mr. Judd voted for Kalakaua, which gave him the distinction 
of being one of the few men in the islands who helped to select two rulers.
  But Mr. Judd’s greatest contribution to Hawaii was his service on the 
Hawaiian Supreme Court. He became a justice in 1874 and was made chief justice 
in 1881. He served in the Supreme Court during the reigns of King Kalakaua, 
Queen Liliuokalani and in the administrations of the Provisional Government 
and the Republic of Hawaii. He presided as chief justice during the 
revolutionary period, 1886 to 1895, when the Supreme Court acted as the 
balance wheel which preserved the government from complete destruction by 
warring factions. Always deeply interested in temperance, religious and 
missionary work, he was second president of the Hawaiian Board of Missions and 
held that office for 17 years, from 1883 to 1900, the year of his death.
  Mr. Judd married Agnes Hall Boyd of Geneva, N.Y., in 1872. They had nine 
children, Agnes E. Judd, Albert F. Judd, Dr. James R. Judd, Allan W. Judd, 
Rev. Henry P. Judd, Charles S. Judd, Mrs. George P. Cooke, Gerrit P. Judd and 
Lawrence M. Judd. Albert Francis Judd, Sr., died on May 20, 1900.


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