Daniel Edward Hydrick
Associate Justice of South Carolina
In office
April 15, 1909 – January 15, 1921
Preceded byIra B. Jones
Succeeded byThomas P. Cothran
Personal details
BornAugust 6, 1860 (1860-08-06)
Orangeburg, South Carolina, US
DiedJanuary 15, 1921 (1921-01-16) (aged 60)
Washington, D.C., US
SpouseRosa Lee
Alma materVanderbilt University

Daniel Edward Hydrick Sr. (August 6, 1860 – January 15, 1921) was an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.[1] He was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina on August 6, 1860,[2] and attended Wofford College before transferring to Vanderbilt University in 1880.[3] He began practicing law in Spartanburg, South Carolina and was twice elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and then twice to the South Carolina Senate.[3] He resigned during his second term in the South Carolina Senate to become a state trial court judge. His term began on December 15, 1905.[4] He was a trial judge until 1909 when he was elected to a seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court.[3] He was elected by the General Assembly to take the position left vacant when Ira B. Jones was elevated to the chief justice position, and he was commissioned on April 15, 1909.[4][5] He was reelected to a full term in 1918.[4] He died on January 15, 1921, in Washington, D.C.; he had been travelling from Baltimore, Maryland to Spartanburg, South Carolina to visit his son for Christmas and contracted pneumonia during the trip.

References

  1. ↑ "Associate Justice Pneumonia Victim". Abbeville Press and Banner. Abbeville, South Carolina. January 27, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ R.L. Bryan Company (1922). Reports of the Cases Heard and Decided by the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina. pp. 486–528.
  3. 1 2 3 "Associate Justice Hydrick Funeral in Spartanburg". Edgefield Advertiser. Edgefield, South Carolina. January 19, 1921. p. 2. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "Associate Justice D.E. Hydrick Dies". The Herald & News. Newberry, South Carolina. January 18, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Events at the State Capital". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. April 3, 1909. p. 2. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
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