William Seabrook Edings (1857 – August 23, 1927)[1] was a justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Hawaii from September 26, 1918 to October 10, 1922.[2]
William S. Edings | |
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 Judge William S. Edings in 1918 | |
| Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Hawaii | |
| In office September 26, 1918 – October 10, 1922 | |
| Appointed by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1857 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | August 23, 1927 Ocala, Florida |
| Political party | Democrat |
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Edings eventually moved to the state of Washington, and in 1895 moved to Hawaii. In 1900, he was appointed as a judge of the territorial circuit court at Kailua, Hawaii, where he remained for four years. During his tenure there, he compiled a digest of Hawaiian reports that came to be used as an authority by Hawaii attorneys.[3] Edings was nominated to the territorial court by President Woodrow Wilson on September 6, 1918, with the nomination generally being met with bipartisan approval.[3][4] At the same time that Wilson named Edings, a Democrat, to the supreme court, he also named former circuit judge John T. DeBolt, a Republican, to succeed Edings as circuit judge.[3]
Edings died in Ocala, Florida, around the age of 70.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Judge Edings Dies; Court Adjourned To Honor Memory", The Honolulu Advertiser (August 25, 1927), p. 3.
- ^ "Edings, William Seabrook office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Edings Is Raised To Supreme Court", The Honolulu Advertiser (September 7, 1918), p. 7.
- ^ "Edings for Supreme Court Bench, De Bolt Named Circuit Judge", Honolulu Star-Bulletin (September 6, 1918), p. 1.
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