Richard Olney Arrington

Richard Olney Arrington
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
In office September 1950 – July 9, 1963
Succeeded by	Thomas Pickens Brady
Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi
In office 1941 – September 1950
Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 11th district
In office January 1932 – January 1940
Preceded by	C. Hooker Miller
Succeeded by	Luther E. Grice
Personal details
Born	(1897-01-21)January 21, 1897 Monticello, Mississippi
Died	July 9, 1963(1963-07-09) (aged 66)
Political party	Democrat

Richard Olney Arrington (January 21, 1897 – July 9, 1963) 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 (Copiah County) 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.