| September 24, 1789 1 Stat. 73 |
The Judiciary Act of 1789 organized South Carolina as one judicial district, authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court, and assigned the district to the Southern Circuit. |
| February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 89 |
The Judiciary Act of 1801 reorganized the federal courts into six circuits and assigned the District of South Carolina to the Fifth Circuit. |
| March 8, 1802 2 Stat. 132 |
The repeal of the Judiciary Act of 1801 restored the judicial organization in effect before 1801. |
| April 29, 1802 2 Stat. 156 |
Congress in the Judiciary Act of 1802 again organized the federal courts into six circuits and assigned the District of South Carolina to the Sixth Circuit. |
| February 21, 1823 3 Stat. 726 |
South Carolina divided into two judicial districts, the Eastern and the Western, for the purposes of holding court. One judge presided in both districts, and the act did not authorize additional court staff. In 1898, in Barrett v. United States , 169 U.S. 219, the Supreme Court held that South Carolina constituted a single judicial district. |
| August 16, 1856 11 Stat. 43 |
The act granted the U.S. district court meeting in Greenville the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the District of South Carolina to the Fifth Circuit. |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the District of South Carolina to the Fourth Circuit. |
| February 6, 1889 25 Stat. 655 |
The act repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. district court meeting at Greenville and and provided for a session of the U.S. circuit court to meet in Greenville, effective May 1, 1889. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087, 1123 |
South Carolina divided into two judicial districts, the Eastern and the Western, with one judgeship authorized to serve both districts, effective January 1, 1912. |
| March 3, 1915 38 Stat. 961 |
One additional judgeship authorized for the Western District and the sitting judge was assigned exclusively to the Eastern District. |
| February 26, 1929 45 Stat. 1319 |
One additional judgeship authorized to serve both districts. |
| May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80 |
One additional judgeship authorized to serve both districts. |
| October 7, 1965 79 Stat. 951 |
The act reorganized South Carolina as a single judicial district with four judgeships authorized for the district court. |
| June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629 |
Three additional judgeships authorized. |
| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| December 21, 2000 114 Stat. 2762 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |