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Edward Minor Watson Jr. (December 20, 1874 – September 23, 1938) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii from March 19, 1914 to December 15, 1916.

A native of Mississippi, Watson was "a member of one of the oldest and most distinguished families of the South", his father, Edward Minor Watson, having been an assistant Attorney General of the United States under President Grover Cleveland. He received a law degree from the University of Mississippi, and gained admission to the bar in that state on November 22, 1897. He was for a number of years the private secretary, and later the law partner of Senator Sullivan of Mississippi. Watson came to Hawaii in 1901, and was considered as a potential territorial governor before his nomination to the court.

References

1. "Watson, U.S. Jurist, Dies", The Honolulu Advertiser (September 24, 1938), p. 1.
2. "Watson, Edward M. office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
3. "Brief Ceremony As New Justice Takes Oath", Honolulu Star-Bulletin (March 19, 1914), p. 1.
4. "Attorneys Admitted", The Honolulu Republican (November 23, 1901), p. 1.

• 1874 births
• 1938 deaths
• University of Mississippi School of Law alumni
• Justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court