Richard K. Erwin

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

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.
"Chief Justice Erwin Is Dead; Was Ill for Several Weeks", Palladium-Item (October 5, 1917), p. 9.

Political offices
Preceded by Leander J. Monks	Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court 1913–1918	Succeeded by Howard L. Townsend

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[Ind-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.

[Palladium-2] "Chief Justice Erwin Is Dead; Was Ill for Several Weeks", Palladium-Item (October 5, 1917), p. 9.