William S. Edings

William S. Edings
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

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]

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

1. "Judge Edings Dies; Court Adjourned To Honor Memory", The Honolulu Advertiser (August 25, 1927), p. 3.
2. "Edings, William Seabrook office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
3. "Edings Is Raised To Supreme Court", The Honolulu Advertiser (September 7, 1918), p. 7.
4. "Edings for Supreme Court Bench, De Bolt Named Circuit Judge", Honolulu Star-Bulletin (September 6, 1918), p. 1.

Political offices
Preceded by Ralph P. Quarles	Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii 1918–1922	Succeeded by Alexander Lindsay Jr.