South Carolina Supreme Court

Composition by Year

  • 1868 - 1869

    Chief Justice:
    Franklin J. Moses, Sr.

    Associate Justices:
    Ammiel Jenkins Willard
    Solomon Lafayette Hoge

  • 1870 - 1877

    Chief Justice:
    Franklin J. Moses, Sr.

    Associate Justices:
    Ammiel Jenkins Willard
    Jonathan Jasper Wright

  • 1877 - 1879

    Chief Justice:
    Ammiel Jenkins Willard

    Associate Justices:
    Henry McIver
    Alexander Cheves Haskell

  • 1879

    Chief Justice:
    Ammiel Jenkins Willard

    Associate Justices:
    Henry McIver
    Samuel McGowan

  • 1880 - 1891

    Chief Justice:
    William Dunlap Simpson

    Associate Justices:
    Henry McIver
    Samuel McGowan

  • 1891 - 1894

    Chief Justice:
    Henry McIver

    Associate Justices:
    Young John Pope
    Samuel McGowan

  • 1894 - 1896

    Chief Justice:
    Henry McIver

    Associate Justices:
    Young John Pope
    Eugene Blackburn Gary

  • 1896 - 1903

    Chief Justice:
    Henry McIver

    Associate Justices:
    Young John Pope
    Eugene Blackburn Gary
    Ira Boyd Jones

  • 1903 - 1909

    Chief Justice:
    Young John Pope

    Associate Justices:
    Charles Albert Woods
    Eugene Blackburn Gary
    Ira Boyd Jones

  • 1909 - 1912

    Chief Justice:
    Ira Boyd Jones

    Associate Justices:
    Charles Albert Woods
    Eugene Blackburn Gary
    Daniel Edward Hydrick

  • 1912 - 1914

    Chief Justice:
    Eugene Blackburn Gary

    Associate Justices:
    Charles Albert Woods
    Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
    Daniel Edward Hydrick
    Richard Cannon Watts

  • 1914 - 1921

    Chief Justice:
    Eugene Blackburn Gary

    Associate Justices:
    George Williams Gage
    Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
    Daniel Edward Hydrick
    Richard Cannon Watts

  • 1921

    Chief Justice:
    Eugene Blackburn Gary

    Associate Justices:
    George Williams Gage
    Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
    Thomas Perrin Cothran
    Richard Cannon Watts

  • 1922 - 1925

    Chief Justice:
    Eugene Blackburn Gary

    Associate Justices:
    John Hardin Marion
    Thomas Boone Fraser, Jr.
    Thomas Perrin Cothran
    Richard Cannon Watts

  • 1926

    Chief Justice:
    Eugene Blackburn Gary

    Associate Justices:
    Eugene Satterwhite Blease
    John Gates Stabler
    Thomas Perrin Cothran
    Richard Cannon Watts

  • 1927 - 1931

    Chief Justice:
    Richard Cannon Watts

    Associate Justices:
    Eugene Satterwhite Blease
    John Gates Stabler
    Thomas Perrin Cothran
    Jesse Francis Carter

  • 1931 - 1934

    Chief Justice:
    Eugene Satterwhite Blease

    Associate Justices:
    Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
    John Gates Stabler
    Thomas Perrin Cothran
    Jesse Francis Carter

  • 1935 - 1939

    Chief Justice:
    John Gates Stabler

    Associate Justices:
    Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
    Edward Ladson Fishburne
    David Gordon Baker
    Jesse Francis Carter

  • 1940 - 1943

    Chief Justice:
    Milledge Lipscomb Bonham

    Associate Justices:
    Taylor Hudnall Stukes
    Edward Ladson Fishburne
    David Gordon Baker
    Jesse Francis Carter

  • 1943

    Chief Justice:
    Vacant

    Associate Justices:
    Taylor Hudnall Stukes
    Edward Ladson Fishburne
    David Gordon Baker
    Jesse Francis Carter

  • 1944 - 1954

    Chief Justice:
    David Gordon Baker

    Associate Justices:
    Taylor Hudnall Stukes
    Edward Ladson Fishburne
    Claude Ambrose Taylor
    George Dewey Oxner

  • 1954 - 1955

    Chief Justice:
    David Gordon Baker

    Associate Justices:
    Taylor Hudnall Stukes
    Lionel Kennedy Legge
    Claude Ambrose Taylor
    George Dewey Oxner

  • 1956 - 1961

    Chief Justice:
    Taylor Hudnall Stukes

    Associate Justices:
    Joseph Rodney Moss
    Lionel Kennedy Legge
    Claude Ambrose Taylor
    George Dewey Oxner

  • 1961

    Chief Justice:
    Claude Ambrose Taylor

    Associate Justices:
    Joseph Rodney Moss
    Lionel Kennedy Legge
    James Woodrow Lewis
    George Dewey Oxner

  • 1962 - 1966

    Chief Justice:
    Claude Ambrose Taylor

    Associate Justices:
    Joseph Rodney Moss
    Thomas Patrick Bussey
    James Woodrow Lewis
    James Moncrief Brailsford, Jr.

  • 1966

    Chief Justice:
    Joseph Rodney Moss

    Associate Justices:
    Lionel Kennedy Legge (Retired)
    Thomas Patrick Bussey
    James Woodrow Lewis
    James Moncrief Brailsford, Jr

  • 1967 - 1974

    Chief Justice:
    Joseph Rodney Moss

    Associate Justices:
    Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
    Thomas Patrick Bussey
    James Woodrow Lewis
    James Moncrief Brailsford, Jr.

  • 1975

    Chief Justice:
    Joseph Rodney Moss

    Associate Justices:

    Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
    Thomas Patrick Bussey
    James Woodrow Lewis
    Julius B. Ness

  • 1975 - 1980

    Chief Justice:
    James Woodrow Lewis

    Associate Justices:
    Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
    George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
    William Luther Rhodes, Jr.
    Julius B. Ness

  • 1980 - 1984

    Chief Justice:
    James Woodrow Lewis

    Associate Justices:
    Cameron Bruce Littlejohn
    George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
    David Walker Harwell
    Julius B. Ness

  • 1984 - 1985

    Chief Justice:
    Cameron Bruce Littlejohn

    Associate Justices:
    Archie Lee Chandler
    George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
    David Walker Harwell.
    Julius B. Ness

  • 1985 - 1988

    Chief Justice:
    Julius B. Ness

    Associate Justices:
    Archie Lee Chandler
    George Tillman Gregory, Jr.
    David Walker Harwell.
    Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.

  • 1988 - 1991

    Chief Justice:
    George Tillman Gregory, Jr.

    Associate Justices:
    Archie Lee Chandler
    Jean Hoefer Toal
    David Walker Harwell.
    Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.

  • 1992 - 1994

    Chief Justice:
    David Walker Harwell.

    Associate Justices:
    Archie Lee Chandler
    Jean Hoefer Toal
    James Edward Moore
    Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.

  • 1994

    Chief Justice:
    Archie Lee Chandler

    Associate Justices:

    John Henry Waller, Jr.
    Jean Hoefer Toal
    James Edward Moore
    Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.

  • 1995 - 2000

    Chief Justice:
    Ernest Adolphus Finney, Jr.

    Associate Justices:
    John Henry Waller, Jr.
    Jean Hoefer Toal
    James Edward Moore
    Elijah Curran Burnett III

  • 2000 - 2007

    Chief Justice:
    Jean Hoefer Toal

    Associate Justices:
    John Henry Waller, Jr.
    Costa M. Pleicones
    James Edward Moore
    Elijah Curran Burnett III

  • 2007

    Chief Justice:
    Jean Hoefer Toal

    Associate Justices:
    John Henry Waller, Jr.
    Costa M. Pleicones
    James Edward Moore
    Donald W. Beatty

  • 2008

    Chief Justice:
    Jean Hoefer Toal

    Associate Justices:
    John Henry Waller, Jr.
    Costa M. Pleicones
    John W. Kittredge
    Donald W. Beatty

  • 2009 - 2015

    Chief Justice:
    Jean Hoefer Toal

    Associate Justices:
    Kaye Gorenflo Hearn
    Costa M. Pleicones
    John W. Kittredge
    Donald W. Beatty

  • 2016

    Chief Justice:
    Costa M. Pleicones

    Associate Justices:
    Kaye Gorenflo Hearn
    John Cannon Few
    John W. Kittredge
    Donald W. Beatty

  • 2017 - 2023

    Chief Justice:
    Donald W. Beatty

    Associate Justices:
    John Cannon Few
    Kaye G. Hearn
    George C. James. Jr.
    John W. Kittredge

  • 2023 - Present

    Chief Justice:
    Donald W. Beatty

    Associate Justices:
    John Cannon Few
    David Garrison Hill
    George C. James, Jr.
    John W. Kittredge