Life

Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...

. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke

Charles Montague Cooke

Charles Montague Cooke was a businessman during the Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii and Territory of Hawaii.-Life:Charles Montague Cooke was born May 6, 1849 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was Amos Starr Cooke co-founder of Castle & Cooke...

 and Anna Rice Cooke

Anna Rice Cooke

Anna Rice Cooke was a patron of the arts and the founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.-Biography:Anna Charlotte Rice was born on September 5, 1853 into a prominent missionary family on Oahu, Hawaii. Her father was teacher William Harrison Rice , and her mother was Mary Sophia Hyde. Anna grew...

, and grandson of New England

New England

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 Congregational missionaries to Hawaii Amos Starr Cooke

Amos Starr Cooke

Amos Starr Cooke was an educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that influenced Hawaii during the 20th century.-Life:Amos Starr Cooke was born in Danbury, Connecticut, December 1, 1810....

 and William Harrison Rice

William Harrison Rice

William Harrison Rice was a missionary teacher from the United States who traveled to the Hawaiian Islands and managed an early sugar plantation.-Life:...

, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle & Cooke

Castle & Cooke

Castle & Cooke, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company that was once part of the Big Five companies in territorial Hawaii. The company at one time did most of its business in agriculture...

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He was educated at Punahou School

Punahou School

Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...

 and Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

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In 1909, he succeeded his father as president of the Bank of Hawaii

Bank of Hawaii

The Bank of Hawaii Corporation is a regional commercial bank headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is Hawaii's second oldest bank and its largest locally owned bank in that majority of the voting stockholders reside within the state...

, then became chairman of the board in 1937. He also served as president of two banks on Maui

Maui

The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is part of the state of Hawaii and is the largest of Maui County's four islands, bigger than Lānai, Kahoolawe, and Molokai. In 2010, Maui had a population of 144,444,...

, First National Bank of Wailuku and Lahaina National Bank (which later merged to become the Bank of Maui). He held high positions on the boards of many other large corporation

Corporation

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s in the Territory of Hawaii

Territory of Hawaii

The Territory of Hawaii or Hawaii Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 7, 1898, until August 21, 1959, when its territory, with the exception of Johnston Atoll, was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii.The U.S...

, including Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaiian Trust Company, Molokai Ranch, and several big sugar plantations. He was a founding member of The Pacific Club

The Pacific Club

The Pacific Club is a historic social club in Honolulu, Hawaii.-History:William Lowthian Green founded the club in 1851 and was its first president. It was originally called "The Mess", and then called "The British Club" since many of its members were former British residents. In 1892 it was...

 and the Oahu Country Club, and president of the Charles M. and Anna C. Cooke Trust (now the Cooke Foundation).

He was elected to the territorial Hawaii House of Representatives

Hawaii House of Representatives

The Hawaii House of Representatives is the lower house of the Hawaii State Legislature. Accord to Article III, Section 3 of the Hawaii Constitution, amended during the 1978 constitutional convention, the House of Representatives consists of 51 members representing an equal amount of districts...

 in 1913–23 and as a delegate to the Republican Party

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 national convention in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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 in 1924. He was elected speaker of the territorial House of Representatives in 1927, then elected to the territorial Senate in 1929 and 1931.

On August 11, 1898, he married Lily Love, who died in 1933, shortly after they completed a great mansion now called the Clarence H. Cooke House

Clarence H. Cooke House

The Clarence H. Cooke House, later known as the Marks Estate, at 3860 Old Pali Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, was built for Clarence Hyde Cooke, the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, heirs of the Castle & Cooke fortune...

 on land he owned in Nuuanu Valley, where he lived until his own death on August 23, 1944. They had 8 children.
His grandson is judge Alan Cooke Kay

Alan Cooke Kay

Alan Cooke Kay is an American lawyer and judge. He serves as judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.-Life:...

(born 1932), son of his daughter Anna Frances Cooke (1903–1956) and Harold Thomas Kay (1896–1976).