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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina

11 judges have served since Jan 1, 1912. Vacant or no longer exists.

Judges
11
8 D · 2 R · 1 N(
Longest tenure
21 years
George Bell Timmerman, Sr.
Current
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nobody
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19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Henry Augustus Middleton Smith · 1912-01-01 – 1923-11-23 · None (reassignment)Ernest Ford Cochran · 1924-01-21 – 1934-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Kerschner Myers · 1934-06-14 – 1940-08-02 · DemocratJulius Waties Waring · 1942-01-23 – 1952-02-15 · DemocratAshton Hilliard Williams · 1952-07-03 – 1962-02-25 · DemocratRobert Witherspoon Hemphill · 1964-04-30 – 1965-11-01 · DemocratJohn Lyles Glenn, Jr. · 1929-04-29 – 1938-05-02 · RepublicanAlva Moore Lumpkin · 1939-07-19 – 1941-07-22 · DemocratGeorge Bell Timmerman, Sr. · 1942-01-23 – 1962-10-10 · DemocratCharles Earl Simons, Jr. · 1964-05-01 – 1965-11-01 · DemocratJames Robert Martin, Jr. · 1961-09-18 – 1965-11-01 · Democrat
Charles Earl Simons, Jr. D
May 1, 1964 – Nov 1, 1965 · 18 months · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D
Apr 30, 1964 – Nov 1, 1965 · 18 months · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
James Robert Martin, Jr. D
Sep 18, 1961 – Nov 1, 1965 · 4.1 years · appointed by John F. Kennedy
Ashton Hilliard Williams D
Jul 3, 1952 – Feb 25, 1962 · 9.6 years · appointed by Harry S Truman
Julius Waties Waring D
Jan 23, 1942 – Feb 15, 1952 · 10 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Feb 15, 1952
George Bell Timmerman, Sr. D
Jan 23, 1942 – Oct 10, 1962 · 21 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · senior status Oct 10, 1962
Alva Moore Lumpkin D
Jul 19, 1939 – Jul 22, 1941 · 2 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Kerschner Myers D
Jun 14, 1934 – Aug 2, 1940 · 6.1 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Lyles Glenn, Jr. R
Apr 29, 1929 – May 2, 1938 · 9 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
Ernest Ford Cochran R
Jan 21, 1924 – Mar 4, 1934 · 10 years · appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Henry Augustus Middleton Smith N(
Jan 1, 1912 – Nov 23, 1923 · 12 years · appointed by None (reassignment) · senior status Nov 23, 1923

Dates are from the Federal Judicial Center (commission to senior status or departure). Consecutive terms of one person are merged.