Charles S. Whiting (May 25, 1863 – March 25, 1922) was a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1908 until his death in 1922.A Photographic History of the South Dakota Supreme Court
(1995), p. 13. Born in

Rochester, Minnesota Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota, the city is the home and birthplace of the renowned Mayo Clinic. Acco ...

, Whiting studied law at the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. He was prosecuting attorney of Kingsbury County, South Dakota for four terms. In 1903, Governor Charles N. Herreid appointed Whiting as a circuit court judge, where he served until 1908, when Governor

Coe I. Crawford Coe Isaac Crawford (January 14, 1858 – April 25, 1944) was an American attorney and politician from South Dakota. He served as the sixth Governor and as a U.S. Senator. Biography A native of Volney, Iowa, Crawford graduated from the Universi ...

appointed Whiting to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the death of Howard G. Fuller. Whiting remained on the supreme court until his own death."Jurist Victim Anesthetic", ''Sioux City Journal'' (March 26, 1922), p. 9. Whiting died at the age of 59 after an anesthetic administered in preparation for an operation on his tonsils caused heart convulsions.

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1863 births 1922 deaths People from Olmsted County, Minnesota University of Michigan alumni University of Minnesota alumni American prosecutors Justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court {{SouthDakota-state-judge-stub