History / Courts

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

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

Judges
9
7 D · 1 N( · 1 R
Longest tenure
29 years
Charles Cecil Wyche
Current
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nobody
history/court/district-court-for-the-western-district-of-south-carolinaEvery holder, newest first
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19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020Henry Augustus Middleton Smith · 1912-01-01 – 1915-03-03 · None (reassignment)Joseph Travis Johnson · 1916-01-24 – 1919-05-08 · DemocratHenry Hitt Watkins · 1919-07-22 – 1936-12-31 · DemocratCharles Cecil Wyche · 1937-01-30 – 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 · DemocratRobert Witherspoon Hemphill · 1964-04-30 – 1965-11-01 · DemocratJames Robert Martin, Jr. · 1961-09-18 – 1965-11-01 · Democrat
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
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
Charles Cecil Wyche D
Jan 30, 1937 – Nov 1, 1965 · 29 years · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Lyles Glenn, Jr. R
Apr 29, 1929 – May 2, 1938 · 9 years · appointed by Herbert Hoover
Henry Hitt Watkins D
Jul 22, 1919 – Dec 31, 1936 · 17 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · senior status Dec 31, 1936
Joseph Travis Johnson D
Jan 24, 1916 – May 8, 1919 · 3.3 years · appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Henry Augustus Middleton Smith N(
Jan 1, 1912 – Mar 3, 1915 · 3.2 years · appointed by None (reassignment)

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