Senator John H. Wise
Native Hawaiian
Football Player, Politician, etc.
back clipping says...
Senator John H. Wise of Hawaii has created in most
members of Congress the feeling that Hawaii ought to have just
about what it wants. Wise is Hawaii's prime minister without
portfolio, probably the island's most astute politician. He is
the author and promoter of a plan to rehabilitate and American-
ize this rich United States territory. A part of this plan
provides that the government lease homes to settlers for 999
years at $1 a year and lend them money for a house, a cow
and some pigs. The territory has the money already from sugar
leases. Senator Wise and other members of the delegation from
the island have just returned much gratified with the result of
their visit to Washington.
dated 03-15-1920
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John Henry Wise
(July 19, 1868 – August 12, 1937)
Wise was a Native Hawaiian Football Player (see image)
Politician, Businessman, and Educator of Hawaii.
In his youth, Wise became the first Native Hawaiian to play College Football
with the Oberlin College Football Team (lead by Coach John Heisman)
while he attended theology school at Oberlin College.
(Oberlin is the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the World
)
During his political career in the Hawaii Territorial Legislature,
he helped pass the Hawaiian Homelands Act of 1921.
In later life, he served as an instructor of Hawaiian language
at the Kamehameha Schools and the University of Hawaii.
John was born July 19, 1868, at Kapaʻau, Kohala, on the island of Hawaii.
He was educated at the Hilo Boarding School and became a part of the
inaugural class of the Kamehameha School for Boys
where he played left field for the Kamehameha Nine baseball team.
From 1890 to 1893, he attended theology school at Oberlin College
where he became the first Native Hawaiian to play college football,
on the college's first football team.
Coach John Heisman found him in searching for a guard.
He was considered the team's best lineman.
Wise also played at fullback, and scored a touchdown against Michigan in 1892.
Noted for his immense strength, he was reportedly
"able to run with three men on his back without noticing the extra weight".
After graduating school, he returned home in June 1893.
The monarchy under Queen Liliuokalani had been overthrown.
In January 1895, he took part in the unsuccessful counter-revolution
led by Robert W. Wilcox against the Republic of Hawaii.
Wise was arrested and tried for misprision of treason.
On his February 5 trial, he pled guilty to the charges,
refused to give evidence against other conspirators
and was sentenced to three years in jail.
Among the last group of political prisoners released,
he was pardoned the following year by President Sanford B. Dole.
Member of the Territory of Hawaii Senate
for the Third District
from 1919-1921.
He joined Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole,
the Congressional delegate from Hawaii,
in support of the passage of the Homelands Act of 1921.
He retired from politics in 1925 and briefly lived on Molokai,
farming taro and raising pigs.
In 1926, Wise began teaching Hawaiian language
at Kamehameha Schools and later at the University of Hawaii
.
After his death, the University of Hawaii renamed the school's athletic field
John Henry Wise Field in his honor.
photo size is about 7" by 10"
news press/wire photo markings etc. on the back
photo is crystal clear and very large
medium wear, staining, foxing, edge nicks, small holes,
fading, glue marks, etc. from being used and 103 years of age.
*football pictures for reference only
This rare piece of Hawaiian history would look great framed!
guaranteed authentic and unaltered.
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