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The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina. The governor is the ex officio commander-in-chief of the National Guard when not called into federal service. The governor's responsibilities include making yearly "State of the State" addresses to the South Carolina General Assembly,submitting an executive budget,and ensuring that state laws are enforced.
Paul Martin Newby is an American judge,who was first elected to a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court in 2004. He was elected chief justice in 2020 defeating incumbent Cheri Beasley.
The Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters in the U.S. state of Texas. A different court,the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,is the court of last resort in criminal matters.
William Dunlap Simpson was the 78th governor of South Carolina from February 26,1879,when the previous governor,Wade Hampton,resigned to take his seat in the U.S. Senate,until 1880. That year Simpson resigned to become Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
Susie Marshall Sharp was an American jurist who served as the first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She was not the first woman to head the highest court in a U.S. state,but is believed to be the first woman elected to such a post in a state,like North Carolina,in which the position is elected by the people separately from that of Associate Justice. In 1965,Lorna E. Lockwood became the first female chief justice of a state supreme court,but in Arizona,the Supreme Court justices elect their chief justice.
Paul Warren Green is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. He served on the court from November 2,2004,to August 31,2020.
The University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law,also known as South Carolina Law School,is a professional school within the University of South Carolina. Founded in 1867,it is the only public and non-profit law school in South Carolina. It has been accredited by the American Bar Association since 1925 and a member of the Association of American Law Schools since 1924.
Samuel McGowan was an American military officer,lawyer,politician,judge,and a Brigadier general in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Born in South Carolina,he commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times. Ezra Warner's book,Generals in Gray,claims that "McGowan's career and reputation were not excelled by any other brigade commander in the Army of Northern Virginia." Following reconstruction,he was elected to the United States Congress but refused to take his seat,later serving as an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
George Bell Timmerman Jr. was an American politician and World War II veteran who served as the 105th governor of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as the state's 76th lieutenant governor from 1947 to 1955.
Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era. He spent the last years of his life in Sumter,South Carolina. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Jonathan Jasper Wright was an African-American lawyer who served as a state senator and judge on the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina during Reconstruction from 1870 to 1877.
Alfred Moore was an American judge,lawyer,planter and military officer who became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moore Square,a park located in the Moore Square Historic District in Raleigh,North Carolina,was named in his honor,as was Moore County,North Carolina. He was also a founder and trustee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
John Rutledge Jr. was an American Founding Father,politician,and jurist who served as one of the original associate justices of the Supreme Court and the second chief justice of the United States. Additionally,he served as the first president of South Carolina and later as its first governor after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Julianna Michelle Childs is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina from 2010 to 2022 and a judge of the South Carolina Circuit Court from 2006 to 2010.
South Carolina government and politics covers the three different branches of government,as well as the state constitution,law enforcement agencies,federal representation,state finances,and state taxes. South Carolina is a state in the United States of America and was the eighth admitted to the Union. The state of South Carolina was preceded by the Crown Colony of South Carolina,a constitutional monarchy which was overthrown during the American Revolution. Presently,South Carolina's government is formed as a representative democracy.
Kaye Gorenflo Hearn is a former justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. She served on the court from 2010 to 2022.
John Henry Waller Jr. is an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. After a period of military service,he enrolled at the University of South Carolina's law school and graduated in 1963. In 1967,he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and served five terms. In 1976,he was elected to the South Carolina Senate. While serving as a senator,he was elected as a trial court judge and was qualified on June 6,1980. He was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court on May 11,1994,and was sworn in on June 29,1994.
George Murrell Smith Jr. is an American politician and the 61st Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Since 2001,he has represented the 67th district of South Carolina for Sumter and Sumter County.
John Cannon Few is a justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court,elected on February 3,2016,and sworn in on February 9,2016,to fill the position vacated by Jean H. Toal who retired. Few is a graduate of Duke University,where he served as the athletic mascot,and the University of South Carolina School of Law,where he was a member of The Order of Wig and Robe and The Order of the Coif. He also served as Student Works Editor of the South Carolina Law Review.
George C. James,Jr is an American lawyer and judge,who serves as a justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.
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- ↑ "Memory Hold the Door". University of South Carolina. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
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