South Carolina Supreme Court

Alphabetical List of Justices with Biographies

- C H I E F J U S T I C E S -

  • Baker, David Gordon

    1943 - 1956

  • Beatty, Donald W.

    2017 - Present

  • Blease, Eugene Satterwhite

    1931 - 1934

  • Bonham, Milledge Lipscomb

    1940 - 1943

  • Chandler, Archie Lee

    1994

  • Finney, Jr., Ernest Adolphus

    1994 - 2000

  • Gary, Eugene Blackburn

    1912 - 1926

  • Gregory, Jr., George Tillman

    1988 - 1991

  • Harwell, David Walker

    1992 - 1994

  • Jones, Ira Boyd

    1909 - 1912

  • Lewis, James Woodrow

    1975 - 1984

  • Littlejohn, Cameron Bruce

    1984 - 1985

  • McIver, Henry

    1891 - 1903

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  • Moses, Sr., Franklin J.

    1868 - 1877

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  • Moss, Joseph Rodney

    1966 - 1975

  • Ness, Julius B.

    1984 - 1988

  • Pleicones, Costa M.

    2016

  • Pope, Young John

    1903 - 1909

  • Simpson, William Dunlap

    1880 - 1890

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  • Stabler, John Gates

    1935 - 1940

  • Stukes, Taylor Hudnall

    1956 - 1961

  • Taylor, Claude Ambrose

    1961 - 1966

  • Toal, Jean Hoefer

    2000 - 2015

  • Watts, Richard Cannon

    1927 - 1930

  • Willard, Ammiel Jenkins

    1877 - 1880

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- A S S O C I A T E J U S T I C E S -

  • Baker, David Gordon

    1935 - 1943

  • Beatty, Donald W.

    2007 - 2016

  • Bell, Randall T.

    Elected 1994; Died Prior to Being Sworn In

  • Blease, Eugene Satterwhite

    1926 - 1931

  • Bonham, Milledge Lipscomb

    1931 - 1940

  • Brailsford, Jr., James Moncrief

    1962 - 1974

  • Burnette, III, Elijah Curran

    1995 - 2007

  • Bussey, Thomas Patrick

    1961 - 1975

  • Carter, Jesse Francis

    1927 - 1943

  • Chandler, Archie Lee

    1984 - 1994

  • Cothran, Thomas Perrin

    1921 - 1934

  • Few, John Cannon

    2016 - Present

  • Finney, Jr., Ernest Adolphus

    1985 - 1994

  • Fishburne, Edward Ladson

    1935 - 1954

  • Fraser, Jr., Thomas Boone

    1912 - 1925

  • Gage, George Williams

    1914 - 1921

  • Gary, Eugene Blackburn

    1894 - 1912

  • Gregory, Jr., George Tillman

    1975 - 1988

  • Harwell, David Walker

    1980 - 1992

  • Haskell, Alexander Cheves

    1877 - 1879

  • Hearn, Kaye Gorenflow

    2009 - 2022

  • Hill, David Garrison

    2023 - Present

  • Hoge, Solomon Lafayette

    1868 - 1869

  • Hydrick, Daniel Edward

    1909 - 1921

  • James, Jr., George C.

    2017 - Present

  • Jones, Ira Boyd

    1896 - 1909

  • Kittredge, John W.

    2008 - Present

  • Legge, Lionel Kennedy

    1954 - 1961

  • Lewis, James Woodrow

    1961 - 1975

  • Littlejohn, Cameron Bruce

    1984 - 1985

  • Marion, John Hardin

    1922 - 1926

  • McGowan, Samuel

    1879 - 1894

  • McIver, Henry

    1877 - 1891

  • Moore, James Edward

    1991 - 2008

  • Moss, Joseph Rodney

    1956 - 1966

  • Ness, Julius B.

    1974 - 1985

  • Oxner, George Dewey

    1944 - 1962

  • Pleicones, Costa M.

    2000 - 2016

  • Pope, Young John

    1891 - 1903

  • Rhodes, Jr., William Luther

    1975 - 1980

  • Stabler, John Gates

    1926 - 1935

  • Stukes, Taylor Hudnall

    1940 - 1956

  • Taylor, Claude Ambrose

    1944 - 1961

  • Toal, Jean Hoefer

    1988 - 2000

  • Waller, Jr., John Henry

    1994 - 2009

  • Watts, Richard Cannon

    1912 - 1927

  • Willard, Ammiel Jenkins

    1868 - 1877

  • Woods, Charles Albert

    1903 - 1913

  • Wright, Jonathan Jasper

    1870 - 1877