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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of South Carolina: Judges of all Districts
Number of judges: 54
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 (1911-1924)
Johnson, Joseph Travis (1915-1919)
Watkins, Henry Hitt (1919-1947)
Cochran, Ernest Ford (1923-1934)
Glenn, John Lyles, Jr. (1929-1938)
Myers, Francis Kerschner (1934-1940)
Wyche, Charles Cecil (1937-1966)
Lumpkin, Alva Moore (1939-1941)
Timmerman, George Bell, Sr. (1942-1966)
Waring, Julius Waties (1942-1968)
Williams, Ashton Hilliard (1952-1962)
Martin, James Robert, Jr. (1961-1984)
Hemphill, Robert Witherspoon (1964-1983)
Simons, Charles Earl, Jr. (1964-1999)
Russell, Donald Stuart (1966-1971)
Chapman, Robert Foster (1971-1981)
Blatt, Solomon, Jr. (1971-2016)
Perry, Matthew James, Jr. (1979-2011)
Houck, C[harles] Weston (1979-2017)
Hawkins, Falcon Black, Jr. (1979-2005)
Anderson, George Ross, Jr. (1980-2016)
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 (1995-2019)
Seymour, Margaret B. (1998-2022)
Wooten, Terry L. (2001-present)
Floyd, Henry Franklin (2003-2011)
Harwell, Robert Bryan (2004-present)
Gergel, Richard Mark (2010-present)
Childs, Julianna Michelle (2010-2022)
Cain, Timothy Martin (2011-present)
Lewis, Mary Geiger (2012-present)
Hendricks, Bruce Howe (2014-present)
Coggins, Donald Cecil, Jr. (2017-present)
Quattlebaum, A. Marvin, Jr. (2018)
Lydon, Sherri Allen (2019-present)
Dawson, Joseph III (2020-present)
Austin, Jacquelyn Denise (2024-present)