List of justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court
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Below is a list of justices who have served on the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Justice | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Notes |
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David Gordon Baker | 1935 | 1956 | Became chief justice in 1943 |
Elihu H. Bay | 1791 | 1838 | - |
Donald W. Beatty | 2007 | 2024 | Became chief justice in 2017 |
Eugene Satterwhite Blease | 1926 | 1934 | Became chief justice in 1931 |
Milledge Lipscomb Bonham | 1931 | 1943 | Became chief justice in 1940 |
James M. Brailsford Jr. | 1962 | 1974 | - |
Aedanus Burke | 1796 | 1799 | - |
E. C. Burnett III | 1995 | 2007 | - |
Thomas P. Bussey | 1961 | 1975 | - |
Jesse F. Carter | 1927 | 1943 | - |
A. Lee Chandler | 1984 | 1994 | Became chief justice in 1994 |
Thomas P. Cothran | 1921 | 1934 | - |
William Drayton Sr. | 1789 | 1789 | - |
Benjamin Faneuil Dunkin | 1865 | 1868 | - |
John Cannon Few | 2016 | Incumbent | - |
Ernest A. Finney Jr. | 1985 | 2000 | Became chief justice in 1994 |
Edward Ladson Fishburne | 1935 | 1954 | - |
Thomas B. Fraser | 1912 | 1925 | |
George W. Gage | 1914 | 1921 | - |
John P. Gardner | - | - | - |
Eugene B. Gary | 1894 | 1926 | Became chief justice in 1912 |
George Gregory Jr. | 1975 | 1991 | Became chief justice in 1988 |
John Faucheraud Grimké | 1783 | 1819 | - |
David W. Harwell | 1991 | 1994 | Became chief justice in 1992 |
Alexander Cheves Haskell | 1877 | 1879 | - |
Kaye Gorenflo Hearn | 2009 | 2022 | - |
D. Garrison Hill | 2023 | Incumbent | - |
Solomon L. Hoge | 1868 | 1869 | - |
Daniel E. Hydrick | 1909 | 1921 | - |
George C. James | 2017 | Incumbent | - |
David Johnson | - | - | - |
Ira B. Jones | 1896 | 1912 | Became chief justice in 1909 |
John W. Kittredge | 2008 | Incumbent | Became chief justice in 2024 |
Lionel K. Legge | 1954 | 1961 | - |
James Woodrow Lewis | 1961 | 1984 | Became chief justice in 1975 |
C. Bruce Littlejohn | 1967 | 1985 | Became chief justice in 1984 |
Alva M. Lumpkin | 1926 | 1934 | - |
John Hardin Marion | 1921 | 1926 | - |
Samuel McGowan | 1879 | 1894 | - |
Henry McIver | 1877 | 1903 | Became chief justice in 1891 |
James E. Moore | 1991 | 2008 | - |
Franklin J. Moses Sr. | 1868 | 1877 | - |
Joseph Rodney Moss | 1956 | 1975 | Became chief justice in 1966 |
Julius B. Ness | 1974 | 1988 | - |
Abraham Nott | - | - | - |
John Belton O'Neall | - | - | - |
George Dewey Oxner | 1944 | 1962 | - |
Costa M. Pleicones | 2000 | 2017 | Became chief justice in 2016 |
Young J. Pope | 1891 | 1909 | Became chief justice in 1903 |
John Rutledge | 1791 | 1795 | Became chief justice in 1791 Resigned to serve as Chief Justice of the United States |
William Dunlap Simpson | 1880 | 1890 | Became chief justice in 1880 |
John G. Stabler | 1926 | 1940 | Became chief justice in 1935 |
Taylor Hudnall Stukes | 1940 | 1961 | Became chief justice in 1956 |
Claude A. Taylor | 1944 | 1966 | Became chief justice in 1961 |
Jean H. Toal | 1988 | 2015 | Became chief justice in 2000 |
Letitia H. Verdin | 2024 | Incumbent | - |
John H. Waller | 1994 | 2008 | - |
Richard C. Watts | 1912 | 1930 | Became chief justice in 1927 |
Ammiel J. Willard | 1868 | 1880 | Became chief justice in 1877 |
Charles Albert Woods | 1903 | 1913 | - |
Jonathan Jasper Wright | 1870 | 1877 | - |
Robert Wright | 1725 | 1739 | Became chief justice in 1725 |