Background
Robertson, Alexander George Morison was born on September 3, 1867 in Honolulu, T.H. Son of George M. and Sarah (Humphreys) Robertson.
Robertson, Alexander George Morison was born on September 3, 1867 in Honolulu, T.H. Son of George M. and Sarah (Humphreys) Robertson.
Educated private school, Honolulu, 1873-1876, Public school, Oakland, California, 1877-1879, Public school, Honolulu, 1880-1882. Accountant, Honolulu, 1883-1890. Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, Yale, 1893.
Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Hawaii, July 14, 1893, Supreme Court of the United States, February 20, 1899, United States Circuit Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, October 31, 1902. Captain Company B, Honolulu Rifles, 1890. Delegate to Hawaiian Constitutional Convention, 1894.
On staff of governor Republic of Hawaii, rank of captain, and judge-advocate Hawaiian Military Common for trial of state prisoners, 1895. Deputy attorney-general Republic of Hawaii, 1895. Member Hawaii House of Representatives, 1896, 1898, House of Representatives Ty. of Hawaii, 1901.
Appointed United States district judge, T.H., January 25, 1910. Appointed chief justice Supreme Court, T.H., March 7, 1911. Resigned, December 31, 1917, and resumed law practice.
Appointed special assistant to Attorney General as hearing officer for Hawaii, June 1941. Member Equal Rights Commission Delaware Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1904, 08, 32, 36, Hawaii member Republican National Committee, 1904-1910. President Bar Association of Hawaii, 1904-1905.
Clubs: Pacific, Commercial.
Married Ululani McQuaid, May 29, 1907.