Draft:Matthew Edmiston
 | This draft is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/United States judges and justices.
|
Matthew Edmiston (September 9, 1814 – June 29, 1887)[1] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from his appointment on June 13, 1876 to December 31, 1876.
Edmiston died at his home in Weston, Lewis county. He was born September 9th, 1814, at Little Levels, Pocahontas county, now West Virginia, where, after receiving a common school education, he was admitted to the bar in 1835. Four years after he removed to Lewis county which, later, he represented in both branches of the General Assembly of Virginia. In 1852 he was chosen a judge of the Circuit Court, in which position he continued until 1860. He was elected to a seat in the Constitutional Convention of 1872, but because of ill health did not qualify. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals in 1876, but one year before his death.[1]
Edmiston was a Democrat.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Virgil Anson Lewis (1896). History and Government of West Virginia. p. 239.
- ^ Libraries, W. V. U. "Matthew Edmiston, Lewis County, W. Va". onview.lib.wvu.edu.
Category:1814 births
Category:1887 deaths
Category:Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
 | This West Virginia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biography of a state judge in the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- This open draft remains in progress as of August 8, 2024.