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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of South Carolina: Succession Charts

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
September 24, 1789 1 Stat. 73	October 7, 1965 79 Stat. 951²	October 7, 1965 79 Stat. 951²	October 7, 1965 79 Stat. 951³	October 7, 1965 79 Stat. 951⁴	June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629
Drayton, William 1789-1790	Martin, J. Robert, Jr. 1965-1979	Hemphill, Robert W. 1965-1980	Simons, Charles E., Jr. 1965-1986	Wyche, Charles C. 1965-1966	Chapman, Robert F. 1971-1981	Perry, Matthew J., Jr. 1979-1995	Hawkins, Falcon B., Jr. 1979-1993
Bee, Thomas 1790-1812	Anderson, George R., Jr. 1980-2009	Wilkins, William W. 1981-1986	Anderson, Joseph F., Jr. 1986-2014	Russell, Donald S. 1966-1971	Hamilton, Clyde H. 1981-1991	Duffy, P. Michael 1995-2009	Currie, Cameron M. 1994-2013
Drayton, John 1812-1822	Childs, J. Michelle 2010-2022	Henderson, Karen L. 1986-1990	Coggins, Donald C., Jr. 2017-	Blatt, Solomon, Jr. 1971-1990	Traxler, William B., Jr. 1992-1998	Cain, Timothy M. 2011-	Quattlebaum, A. Marvin, Jr. 2018
Lee, Thomas 1823-1839	Austin, Jacquelyn D. 2024-	Shedd, Dennis W. 1990-2002		Norton, David C. 1990-	Seymour, Margaret B. 1998-2013		Lydon, Sherri A. 2019-
Gilchrist, Robert B. 1839-1856		Floyd, Henry F. 2003-2011			Hendricks, Bruce H. 2014-
Magrath, Andrew G. 1856-1860		Lewis, Mary G. 2012-
Bryan, George S. 1866-1886
Simonton, Charles H. 1886-1893
Brawley, William H. 1894-1911
Smith, Henry A. M.¹ 1911-1912

October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089	December 21, 2000 114 Stat. 2762
Houck, C. Weston 1979-2003	Herlong, Henry M., Jr. 1991-2009	Wooten, Terry L. 2001-2019
Harwell, Robert B. 2004-2024	Gergel, Richard M. 2010-	Dawson, Joseph III 2020-
1. The act of March 3, 1911, 36 Stat. 1087, transferred this judgeship to the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina, effective January 1, 1912. 2. The act of October 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 951, transferred these judgeships from the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina. 3. The act of October 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 951, transferred this judgeship from the Eastern District of South Carolina. 4. The act of October 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 951, transferred this judgeship from the Western District of South Carolina.

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina
March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087¹	February 26, 1929 45 Stat. 1319²	May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80³
Smith, Henry A. M. 1912-1923	Glenn, John L., Jr. 1929-1938	Martin, J. Robert, Jr.⁴ 1961-1965
Cochran, Ernest F. 1923-1934	Lumpkin, Alva M. 1939-1941
Myers, Francis K. 1934-1940	Timmerman, George B., Sr. 1942-1962
Waring, Julius W. 1942-1952	Hemphill, Robert W.⁴ 1964-1965
Williams, Ashton H. 1952-1962
Simons, Charles E., Jr.⁴ 1964-1965
1. The act of March 3, 1911, 36 Stat. 1087, assigned the judgeship authorized for the District of South Carolina by the act of September 24, 1789, 1 Stat. 73, to the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina, effective January 1, 1912. 2. The act of February 26, 1929, 45 Stat. 1319, authorized one judgeship to serve the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina. 3. The act of May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 80, authorized one judgeship to serve the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina. 4. The act of October 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 951, transferred these judgeships to the District of South Carolina.

U.S. District Court for the Western District of South Carolina
March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087¹	March 3, 1915 38 Stat. 961	February 26, 1929 45 Stat. 1319³	May 19, 1961 75 Stat. 80⁴
Smith, Henry A. M.² 1912-1915	Johnson, Joseph T. 1915-1919	Glenn, John L., Jr. 1929-1938	Martin, J. Robert, Jr.⁵ 1961-1965
	Watkins, Henry H. 1919-1936	Lumpkin, Alva M. 1939-1941
	Wyche, Charles C.⁵ 1937-1965	Timmerman, George B., Sr. 1942-1962
		Hemphill, Robert W.⁵ 1964-1965
1. The act of March 3, 1911, 36 Stat. 1087, assigned the judgeship authorized for the District of South Carolina by the act of September 24, 1789, 1 Stat. 73, to the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina, effective January 1, 1912. 2. The act of March 3, 1915, 38 Stat. 961, assigned this judgeship to the Eastern District of South Carolina exclusively. 3. The act of February 26, 1929, 45 Stat. 1319, authorized one judgeship to serve the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina. 4. The act of May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 80, authorized one judgeship to serve the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina. 5. The act of October 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 951, transferred these judgeships to the District of South Carolina.

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