1864 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom

It dramatically changed the way Hawaii's government worked by increasing the power of the king and changing the way the kingdom's legislature worked.

It was Hawaii's constitution from 1864 through 1887, during the reigns of kings Kamehameha V, Lunalilo, and Kalākaua.

[2] Thus, when Kamehameha V ascended the throne, he refused to take an oath to the 1852 constitution.

Kamehameha V quickly grew impatient, dissolved the convention and, conferring with his advisors, drafted his own constitution.

[6] On August 20, 1864 he simply abrogated the 1852 constitution as the ultimate law of the land.

Kamehameha V wrote the Constitution of 1864.