George Hamilton Ethridge (February 26, 1871 – November 26, 1957)[1][2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1917 to 1941.
[3] Born in Kemper County, Mississippi, Ethridge attended the Iron Springs Institute in Neshoba County, Mississippi, and Linden Academy in Linden, Tennessee, and taught school while reading law from 1892 to 1894.
[1][2] He gained admission to the bar in Mississippi, served in the Mississippi House of Representatives representing Kemper County from 1904 to 1908, and was thereafter an assistant attorney general until 1916, when he declared his candidacy for a seat on the state supreme court.
[3][4] Ethridge lead the vote in the August 15 Democratic primary, and won the September 5 runoff by a more substantial margin.
Ethridge died in Jackson, Mississippi, at the age of 86, and was interred at Lakewood Memorial Park.