Draft:Wilson E. Hemingway

Wilson Edwin Hemingway (January 4, 1854 – October 5, 1922) was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1889 to 1893.

"Wilson E. Hemingway is an ex-judge of the Arkansas supreme court, widely known in public affairs and as a leading corporation lawyer. In 1893 he resigned his position on the supreme bench, to which he had just been elected for a term of eight years, to resume private practice as a member of the firm of Rose, Hemingway, Cantrell & Loughborough, of which strong legal combination he has since been one of the pillars. In his legal capacity and as a financier, he has become prominent in the management of various railway utilities; notably of the Little Rock Railway & Electric Company, of which he is president, and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, of which he is vice president and general solicitor.

Hemingway is a native of Mississippi, born in Carroll county, January 4, 1854, a son of William and Sarah Wesly (Jenkins) Hemingway. He received his higher education in the University of Mississippi (1868-70) and University of Georgia (1870-72), and in January, 1874, was admitted to the bar of Arkansas. His professional ability and his strong personality soon brought him favorably before the public, and in 1878 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Washington county, serving in that office until 1881. He was city attorney of Pine Bluff from 1885 to 1889, and in the latter year ascended the supreme bench of the state to commence his term of four years. This expired in 1893, when, as stated, he was re-elected for eight years, - but resigned to resume the active practice of his profession. Hemingway's wife was Mary Helen Girault, to whom he was married at Bedford, Kentucky, July 18, 1872. Their son, Mr. W. L. Hemingway, is prominent in banking circles in Little Rock."