:William S. Edings

{{Short description|American judge (1857–1927)}}

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| birth_date = 1857

| death_date = August 23, 1927

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William Seabrook Edings (1857 – August 23, 1927)"Judge Edings Dies; Court Adjourned To Honor Memory", The Honolulu Advertiser (August 25, 1927), p. 3. was a justice of the Territorial Supreme Court of Hawaii from September 26, 1918 to October 10, 1922.{{cite web |url= http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/collect/governme/import/import/Government%20Office%20Holders%20-%20Name%20IMJ/E/Edings,%20William%20Seabrook.jpg |title= Edings, William Seabrook office record |work=state archives digital collections |publisher=state of Hawaii |accessdate= October 21, 2010 }}

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."[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121528629/edings-is-raised-to-supreme-court/ Edings Is Raised To Supreme Court]", The Honolulu Advertiser (September 7, 1918), p. 7. Edings was nominated to the territorial court by President Woodrow Wilson on September 6, 1918, with the nomination generally being met with bipartisan approval."[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121528484/edings-for-supreme-court-bench-de-bolt/ Edings for Supreme Court Bench, De Bolt Named Circuit Judge]", Honolulu Star-Bulletin (September 6, 1918), p. 1. 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.

Edings died in Ocala, Florida, around the age of 70.