History of the Federal Judiciary


  U.S. District Courts for the Districts of South Carolina

   Judges of the District of South Carolina
Number of judges who have served on the court: 39
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Drayton, William (1789-1790)
Bee, Thomas (1790-1812)
Drayton, John (1812-1822)
Lee, Thomas (1823-1839)
Gilchrist, Robert Budd (1839-1856)
Magrath, Andrew Gordon (1856-1860)
Bryan, George Seabrook (1866-1886)
Simonton, Charles Henry (1886-1893)
Brawley, William Hiram (1894-1911)
Smith, Henry Augustus Middleton (1911-1912)
Hemphill, Robert Witherspoon (1965-1983)
Martin, James Robert Jr. (1965-1984)
Simons, Charles Earl Jr. (1965-1999)
Wyche, Charles Cecil (1965-1966)
Russell, Donald Stuart (1966-1971)
Chapman, Robert Foster (1971-1981)
Blatt, Solomon Jr. (1971-present)
Perry, Matthew James Jr. (1979-2011)
Hawkins, Falcon Black Jr. (1979-2005)
Houck, C[harles] Weston (1979-present)
Anderson, George Ross Jr. (1980-present)
Wilkins, William Walter (1981-1986)
Hamilton, Clyde H. (1981-1991)
Henderson, Karen LeCraft (1986-1990)
Anderson, Joseph Fletcher Jr. (1986-present)
Norton, David C. (1990-present)
Shedd, Dennis W. (1990-2002)
Herlong, Henry Michael Jr. (1991-present)
Traxler, William Byrd Jr. (1992-1998)
Currie, Cameron McGowan (1994-present)
Duffy, Patrick Michael (1995-present)
Seymour, Margaret B. (1998-present)
Wooten, Terry L. (2001-present)
Floyd, Henry Franklin (2003-2011)
Harwell, Robert Bryan (2004-present)
Gergel, Richard Mark (2010-present)
Childs, Julianna Michelle (2010-present)
Cain, Timothy Martin (2011-present)
Lewis, Mary Geiger (2012-present)

 

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