{{short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Lawrence M. Judd (PP-74-3-007).jpg | caption = Judd as Senator in 1920 | office = [[Governor of American Samoa]] | term_start = March 4, 1953 | term_end = August 4, 1953 | appointer = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] | predecessor = [[James Arthur Ewing]] | successor = [[Richard Barrett Lowe]] | office2 = 7th [[Territorial Governor of Hawaii]] | term_start2 = July 6, 1929 | term_end2 = March 2, 1934 | appointer2 = [[Herbert Hoover]] | predecessor2 = [[Wallace Rider Farrington|Wallace R. Farrington]] | successor2 = [[Joseph Poindexter]] | birth_name = Lawrence McCully Judd | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|3|20}} | birth_place = [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaiian Kingdom]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1968|10|4|1887|3|20}} | death_place = [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]] | resting_place = Oahu Cemetery | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{ubl|Florence Bell Hackett|Eva Marie Lillibridge }} | children = 5 | parents = [[Albert Francis Judd]]<br/> Agnes Hall Boyd | occupation = Politician }}
'''Lawrence McCully Judd''' (March 20, 1887 – October 4, 1968) was a politician of the [[Territory of Hawaii]], serving as the seventh [[Governor of Hawaii|territorial governor]]. Judd is most well-known for his role in [[Massie Trial|the Massie Affair]], in which he commuted the sentence of three people convicted of manslaughter in the killing of [[Joseph Kahahawai|Josef Kahahawai]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=#HawaiianHistoryMonth The Massie Case – James & Abigail Campbell Library|url=https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/library/2021/09/21/hawaiianhistorymonth-the-massie-case/|access-date=2021-12-11|website=westoahu.hawaii.edu}}</ref>
He later served as [[Governor of American Samoa]] from March 4 to August 4, 1953. As Governor of Hawai'i, his notable contributions included the establishment of public parks and numerous playgrounds, as well as reducing state spending. He also raised public awareness about the conditions in the leper colony on [[Molokai|Moloka'i]] Island.<ref>Craig, Robert D. (2011). ''Historical Dictionary of Polynesia''. Scarecrow Press. Page 133. ISBN 9780810867727.</ref>
==Life== Judd was born March 20, 1887, in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii, the grandson of [[Gerrit P. Judd]], who was an [[American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions|early American Missionary]], a cabinet minister to King [[Kamehameha III]], and co-founder of [[Punahou School]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Modern History of Hawaii |author=Ann Rayson |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gbzIoTq1RzYC&pg=PA105 |isbn=978-1-57306-209-1 |publisher=Bess Press |year=2004 }}</ref> His father was Judge [[Albert Francis Judd]] (1838–1900) and mother was Agnes Hall Boyd (1844–1934). He was the last of nine children. He was married March 6, 1909, at [[Richmond Hill, New York]], to Florence Bell Hackett (1885–1974) and had five children: Helen Florence (1909-?), Agnes Elizabeth (1912-?), Sophie Janet (1913–?), Lawrence McCully Jr. (1917–?) and Emilie Bell (1920–?).<ref>{{cite book |title= A record of the descendants of Dr. Gerrit P. Judd of Hawaii, March 8, 1829, to April 16, 1922 |date= July 1922 |editor=George R. Carter |editor-link=George R. Carter |editor2=Mary H. Hopkins |url= https://archive.org/details/recordofdescenda00cart |publisher= Hawaiian Historical Society }}</ref> Judd married his second wife, Eva Marie Lillibridge (1913–2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Oct/17/ln/ln49aobituaries.html|title=Honolulu Advertiser obituaries, October 17, 2002}}</ref> in 1938.
Judd attended the Punahou School, [[Hotchkiss School|The Hotchkiss School]], and the [[University of Pennsylvania]], where he was a member of its [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] chapter of [[Phi Kappa Psi]].
==Career== Judd made several fact-finding tours during his tenure in the Hawaii Territorial Senate 1920–1927.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/index/assoc/HASH131c/944f38fa.dir/Judd,%20Lawrence%20M.jpg |title= Judd, Lawrence M.office record |work=state archives digital collections |publisher=state of Hawaii |accessdate=2009-11-19 }}</ref>
===Governor of HawaiI=== [[Herbert Hoover]] appointed Judd to succeed [[Wallace Rider Farrington]] as the seventh Governor of Hawaii Territory from 1929 to 1934.<ref name="harrowing"/> As territorial governor, he overhauled the system of governance in the colony. A source of controversy during his tenure, Judd commuted the sentence of [[Grace Hubbard Fortescue]], socialite and niece of [[Alexander Graham Bell]], convicted in the territorial courts of manslaughter in the death of a local man, [[Joseph Kahahawai]]. Hiring defense lawyer [[Clarence Darrow]], Fortescue's case was known as the [[Massie Trial|Massie Affair]], a focus of nationwide newspaper coverage. Massie's sentence of ten years in prison was whittled down to one hour in the governor's chambers at {{okina}}[[Iolani Palace]]. The affair was the subject of a 2005 episode of the [[PBS]] series ''[[American Experience|The American Experience]]'', which included archival footage of Judd.
===Resident superintendent=== Judd became Kalaupapa's resident superintendent in 1947.
Judd's service running Kalaupapa was a subject in the 2003 historical novel and national bestseller called ''Moloka'i'' by [[Alan Brennert]] as well as the historical account, ''The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai'' by John Tayman.<ref name="harrowing">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKUaLE6s1lgC |title=Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai |author=John Tayman |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7432-3301-9 }}</ref>
===Samoa and retirement=== On 4 March 1953, President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed Judd [[Governor of American Samoa]] on a temporary basis. He served only five months.
Judd died on October 4, 1968, in Honolulu and was interred in the city's [[Oahu Cemetery]] in Nu{{okina}}uanu Valley.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.thomas-hastings.org Descendants of Thomas Hastings website]
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