Lawrence M. Judd
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Lawrence M. Judd, formally Lawrence McCully Judd (born March 20, 1887, was the grandson of Gerrit P. Judd of the American Board of Missions. Judd was the seventh Territorial Governor of Hawai'i and served from 1929 to 1934. He was appointed to the office after the term of Wallace Rider Farrington. Governor Judd is best known for his commutation of the sentence of socialite Grace Hubbard Fortescue, convicted in Hawaii courts of manslaughter in the death of Joseph Kahahawai (also known as the Massie Affair), from ten-years in prison to one-hour in his executive chambers. Judd also served as governor of American Samoa from March 4, 1953, until August 4, 1953. He died on October 4, 1968 and is interred in Oahu Cemetery on Nuuanu Avenue in Honolulu.
| Preceded by: Wallace R. Farrington | Governor of Hawai‘i 1929–1934 | Succeeded by: Joseph B. Poindexter |