Edward Frost (April 27, 1801 – July 21, 1868) was an American politician and jurist. Frost was born in Charleston, S. C., April 27, 1801. His father, the Rev. Thomas Frost, was rector of St. Philip's Church, Charleston, and a graduate of Cambridge University, England, in 1780. His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Downes, a merchant of Liverpool, and Mary (Le Jan) Downes, from South Carolina. He graduated from Yale College in 1820. He was admitted to the bar in Charleston in 1823, and settled there in practice. In 1832 he was U. S. District Attorney, but resigned his office because he could not conscientiously defend the constitutionality of the Tariff Laws. Having already served several terms in the South Carolina State Legislature, he was elected by that body, in 1843, one of the