Title: Henry McMaster - Wikipedia
Headings: Henry McMaster
Henry McMaster
Contents
Early life
Early political career
United States Attorney
Election bids and state appointments
South Carolina Republican Party Chair
Attorney General of South Carolina
Run for governor; Ports Authority
Campaign finance violation
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Governor of South Carolina
Elections
2018
2022
Tenure
Richard Quinn corruption investigation
Nukegate
COVID-19 pandemic
2020 protests and riots
Adams v. Henry McMaster
Kidnapping plot allegations
Veto record
Political positions
Abortion
Fiscal policies
Guns
Immigration
Personal life
Family
Properties
Electoral history
Notes
References
External links
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Content: He received a bachelor's degree in history from the University of South Carolina in 1969. In 1973, he graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the South Carolina Law Review. Later that year, he was admitted to the Richland County Bar Association of the South Carolina Bar. He served in the United States Army Reserves, receiving an honorable discharge in 1975. Upon graduation from law school, McMaster worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond in Washington, D.C. until 1974, when he joined the firm of Tompkins and McMaster. He was admitted to practice before the federal Court of Claims in 1974, before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1975, and upon Thurmond's motion, before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1978. McMaster practiced law for almost 29 years, both as a federal prosecutor and in private practice, representing clients in the state and federal courts, trial and appellate. Early political career
McMaster's law firm on Pendleton St. in Columbia, SC
United States Attorney
Upon Thurmond's recommendation, President Ronald Reagan nominated McMaster as United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina in 1981—Reagan's first nomination for U.S. Attorney. The Senate confirmed McMaster on May 21, 1981. He headed the South Carolina Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee from 1981 to 1985.