Title: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina - Wikipedia
Headings: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Contents
History
Current judges
Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
See also
References
External links

Content: It has since remained a single District. Current judges
As of December 22, 2020
[update]
: #
Title
Judge
Duty station
Born
Term of service
Appointed by
Active
Chief
Senior
35
Chief Judge
Robert Bryan Harwell
Florence
1959
2004–present
2019–present
—
G.W. Bush
26
District Judge
David C. Norton
Charleston
1946
1990–present
2007–2012
—
G.H.W. Bush
36
District Judge
Richard Mark Gergel
Charleston
1954
2010–present
—
—
Obama
37
District Judge
J. Michelle Childs
Columbia
1966
2010–present
—
—
Obama
38
District Judge
Timothy M. Cain
Anderson
1961
2011–present
—
—
Obama
39
District Judge
Mary Geiger Lewis
Columbia
1958
2012–present
—
—
Obama
40
District Judge
Bruce Howe Hendricks
Charleston
1957
2014–present
—
—
Obama
41
District Judge
Donald C. Coggins Jr.
Spartanburg
1959
2017–present
—
—
Trump
43
District Judge
Sherri Lydon
Florence
1962
2019–present
—
—
Trump
44
District Judge
Joseph Dawson III
Greenville
1970
2020–present
—
—
Trump
25
Senior Judge
Joseph Fletcher Anderson Jr.
Columbia
1949
1986–2014
2000–2007
2014–present
Reagan
28
Senior Judge
Henry Michael Herlong Jr.
Greenville
1944
1991–2009
—
2009–present
G.H.W. Bush
30
Senior Judge
Cameron McGowan Currie
Columbia
1948
1994–2013
—
2013–present
Clinton
32
Senior Judge
Margaret B. Seymour
Columbia
1947
1998–2013
2012–2013
2013–present
Clinton
33
Senior Judge
Terry L. Wooten
Columbia
1954
2001–2019
2013–2019
2019–present
G.W. Bush
Former judges
#
Judge
State
Born–died
Active service
Chief Judge
Senior status
Appointed by
Reason for
termination
1
William Drayton Sr. SC
1732–1790
1789 –1790
—
—
Washington
death
2
Thomas Bee
SC
1739–1812
1790–1812
—
—
Washington
death
3
John Drayton
SC
1766–1822
1812–1822
—
—
Madison
death
4
Thomas Lee
SC
1769–1839
1823–1839
—
—
Monroe
death
5
Robert Budd Gilchrist
SC
1796–1856
1839 –1856
—
—
Van Buren
death
6
Andrew Gordon Magrath
SC
1813–1893
1856–1860
—
—
Pierce
resignation
7
George Seabrook Bryan
SC
1809–1905
1866–1886
—
—
A. Johnson
retirement
8
Charles Henry Simonton
SC
1829–1904
1886 –1893
—
—
Cleveland
elevation to 4th Cir. 9
William H. Brawley
SC
1841–1916
1894–1911
—
—
Cleveland
retirement
10
Henry Augustus Middleton Smith
SC
1853–1924
1911–1912
—
—
Taft
reassignment to E.D.S.C. and W.D.S.C.
11
Charles Cecil Wyche
SC
1885–1966
1965 –1966
—
—
F. Roosevelt
death
12
James Robert Martin Jr.
SC
1909–1984
1965 –1979
1965–1979
1979–1984
Kennedy
death
13
Robert W. Hemphill
SC
1915–1983
1965 –1980
1979–1980
1980–1983
L. Johnson
death
14
Charles Earl Simons Jr.
SC
1916–1999
1965 –1986
1980–1986
1986–1999
L. Johnson
death
15
Donald S. Russell
SC
1906–1998
1966–1971
—
—
L. Johnson
elevation to 4th Cir. 16
Robert F. Chapman
SC
1926–2018
1971–1981
—
—
Nixon
elevation to 4th Cir. 17
Solomon Blatt Jr.
SC
1921–2016
1971–1990
1986–1990
1990–2016
Nixon
death
18
Matthew James Perry Jr.
SC
1921–2011
1979–1995
—
1995–2011
Carter
death
19
Falcon Black Hawkins Jr.
SC
1927–2005
1979–1993
1990–1993
1993–2005
Carter
death
20
Charles Weston Houck
SC
1933–2017
1979–2003
1993–2000
2003–2017
Carter
death
21
George Ross Anderson Jr.
SC
1929–2020
1980–2009
—
2009–2016
Carter
retirement
22
William Walter Wilkins
SC
1942–present
1981–1986
—
—
Reagan
elevation to 4th Cir. 23
Clyde H. Hamilton
SC
1934–2020
1981–1991
—
—
Reagan
elevation to 4th Cir. 24
Karen L. Henderson
SC
1944–present
1986–1990
—
—
Reagan
elevation to D.C. Cir. 27
Dennis Shedd
SC
1953–present
1990–2002
—
—
G.H.W. Bush
elevation to 4th Cir.