Edgar Eather

Edgar Eather (September 14, 1886 – September 1, 1968) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1946 to 1958.

Born in Eureka, Nevada, Eather served as Eureka County recorder and auditor from 1911 to 1922.[1] In June 1922, he was elected to the Nevada Republican State Committee.[2] Later in 1922, he was elected Eureka County district attorney, taking office on January 2, 1923.[3] His first act in office was to travel to Reno, Nevada, with the Eureka County sheriff to take custody of two suspects in the murder of a prohibition enforcement officer.[3] In the fall of 1923, Eather was offered an appointment as second assistant United States Attorney for the District of Nevada,[4] but ultimately declined the appointment to remain in his state office.[5]

Eather was appointed to a vacant Nevada state district court seat in 1929, and was reelected in 1930, 1934, 1938, and 1942.[6] He opted not to run for reelection in 1946, and considered running for a seat on the state supreme court, but chose not to, and rebuffed a movement to draft him into the election. However, following the death of Justice Edward A. Ducker, Governor Vail M. Pittman appointed Eather to that vacancy.[1][6] Eather retired from the supreme court on December 15, 1958.[1]

Eather married Rose Tognini in November 1918, with whom he had four daughters. Eather died in a hospital in Reno at the age of 81.[1]