Samuel B. Kemp

Samuel Barnett Kemp (December 26, 1871 – August 14, 1962) was a justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court from March 7, 1918 to April 17, 1922, and again as chief justice from June 20, 1941 to June 30, 1950.

Born in Austin, Texas to James B. and Eliza S. (Woodward) Kemp, Kemp was educated in the public schools of Texas.

Kemp attended the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, and in 1900 received an LL.B. from the University of Texas, thereafter beginning his legal career in Austin.

Personal life Kemp married May S. Hope in 1904, with whom he had a daughter, Dorothy Kemp, who attended Punahou School.

In 1958, Kemp attended the 75 anniversary celebration of the University of Texas, and having come from Hawaii for the event was noted as having traveled the farthest to attend. He died in Honolulu in 1962, at the age of 91.