Richard Olney Arrington

Richard Olney Arrington was a Mississippi politician and jurist. He was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1950 to 1963. He also was a member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the state's 11th senatorial district as a Democrat from 1932 to 1940.

Biography

Richard Olney Arrington was born on January 21, 1897, in Monticello, Mississippi. He graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Law and served in the U. S. Navy during World War I. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 11th district as a Democrat, from 1932 to 1940. In 1941, he became the Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi. He held that office until he was appointed by Governor Fielding Wright to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in September 1950. He won re-election twice in that office. While still holding the position, he died of an apparent heart attack on July 9, 1963.