03-04-2025
McCully is named after a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice
HONOLULU (KHON2) – In the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī, which lies in the moku of Kona here on Oʻahu, stands a street named in honor of a Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice. We are speaking of McCully St.
Lawrence McCully was born a New York in 1831 and is said to have moved to Hawaiʻi at 23 shortly following King Kamehameha III's passing.
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Quickly becoming a Police Justice in Hilo, McCully would lead a life of public service to the Hawaiian Kingdom.
From serving positions such as House Representative, Speaker of the House, Interpreter, Clerk and Deputy Attorney General, McCully was then inaugurated to the Supreme Court in 1877 as 2nd Associate Justice followed by 1st Associate Justice.
He eventually acquired approximately 120 acres in Honolulu.
Today, the neighborhood of McCully is named in his honor.
Lawrence McCully created a name for himself, but don't get the Judge confused with the Governor of a similar McCully Judd was a different influential gentleman who was a descendant of public servants and was the 3rd generation of the distinguished Judd family in Hawaiʻi.
His grandfather was medical missionary Dr. Gerrit Judd, and his father was Supreme Court Chief Justice Albert Francis Judd.
After graduating from Oʻahu College, Judd became a successful businessman and high-ranking military officer.
Judd was most known for his role in the infamous Massie Trail, commuting the sentence of Joseph Kahahawai's killers.
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He was appointed Governor of the Territory of Hawaiʻi in 1929, then becoming Governor of American Samoa in 1953.
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