| Edwin Pittman | |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi |
| Term Start: | January 2001 |
| Term End: | March 31, 2004 |
| Predecessor: | Lenore L. Prather |
| Successor: | James W. Smith Jr. |
| Office1: | Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi |
| Term Start1: | 1989 |
| Term End1: | 2004 |
| Successor1: | Michael K. Randolph |
| Office2: | 37th Attorney General of Mississippi |
| Term Start2: | 1984 |
| Term End2: | 1988 |
| Governor2: | William Allain |
| Predecessor2: | William Allain |
| Successor2: | Mike Moore |
| Office3: | Secretary of State of Mississippi |
| Term Start3: | 1980 |
| Term End3: | 1984 |
| Governor3: | William Allain |
| Predecessor3: | Heber Austin Ladner |
| Successor3: | Dick Molpus |
| Office4: | Mississippi State Treasurer |
| Term Start4: | 1976 |
| Term End4: | 1980 |
| Governor4: | Cliff Finch |
| Predecessor4: | Brad Dye |
| Successor4: | John L. Dale |
| Birth Name: | Edwin Lloyd Pittman |
| Birth Date: | 2 January 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Alma Mater: | University of Southern Mississippi (BS) University of Mississippi (JD) |
| Order3: | 32nd |
Edwin Lloyd Pittman (born January 2, 1935) is an American jurist and politician who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1989 to 2001 and chief justice from 2001 to 2004. He also served as the state's attorney general, secretary of state, and treasurer.[1] Pittman reached the rank of brigadier general in the Mississippi National Guard.
Pittman was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1935. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1957 and his J.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1960.
Pittman was first elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1964 and was reelected in 1968 from Forest County.[2] In 1975, he was elected as the State's Treasurer. He was sworn in on January 14, 1976.[3]
In 1980, he was elected as Mississippi's Secretary of State. In 1984, he was elected attorney general.
Pittman ran for the 1987 Democratic nomination for governor, finishing fifth.[2]
Pittman was first elected to the State Supreme Court in 1988 and reelected in 1996.[2]
In 2000, Justice Pittman ruled that the courts are not in the position of determining the state flag. He wrote, "In this case, the NAACP failed to offer any proof that the flying of the state flag deprived any citizen of a constitutionally protected right."[4]
Pittman is married to Virginia Lund Pittman and they are the parents of seven children.[5]