Richard_K._Erwin

Richard K. Erwin

Richard K. Erwin

American judge (1860–1917)

Richard K. Erwin (July 11, 1860 – October 5, 1917) was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 6, 1913, to October 5, 1917.[1]

Born in Adams County, Indiana, to pioneers who had settled the area, Erwin served in the Indiana House of Representatives and was an Adams county prosecutor and a circuit court judge before being elected to the Indiana Supreme Court in 1910.[2] He served until his death, following four weeks of hospitalization after surgery to remove gallstones.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices", Indiana Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in Indiana Courts Justice Biographies page.
  2. [2]
    "Chief Justice Erwin Is Dead; Was Ill for Several Weeks", Palladium-Item (October 5, 1917), p. 9.
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