List of justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court

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Below is a list of justices who have served on the South Carolina Supreme Court.

JusticeBegan active
service
Ended active
service
Notes
David Gordon Baker 19351956Became chief justice in 1943
Elihu H. Bay 17911838-
Donald W. Beatty 20072024Became chief justice in 2017
Eugene Satterwhite Blease 19261934Became chief justice in 1931
Milledge Lipscomb Bonham 19311943Became chief justice in 1940
James M. Brailsford Jr. 19621974-
Aedanus Burke 17961799-
E. C. Burnett III 19952007-
Thomas P. Bussey 19611975-
Jesse F. Carter 19271943-
A. Lee Chandler 19841994Became chief justice in 1994
Thomas P. Cothran 19211934-
William Drayton Sr. 17891789-
Benjamin Faneuil Dunkin 18651868-
John Cannon Few 2016Incumbent-
Ernest A. Finney Jr. 19852000Became chief justice in 1994
Edward Ladson Fishburne 19351954-
Thomas B. Fraser 19121925
George W. Gage 19141921-
John P. Gardner ---
Eugene B. Gary 18941926Became chief justice in 1912
George Gregory Jr. 19751991Became chief justice in 1988
John Faucheraud Grimké 17831819-
David W. Harwell 19911994Became chief justice in 1992
Alexander Cheves Haskell 18771879-
Kaye Gorenflo Hearn 20092022-
D. Garrison Hill 2023Incumbent-
Solomon L. Hoge 18681869-
Daniel E. Hydrick 19091921-
George C. James 2017Incumbent-
David Johnson ---
Ira B. Jones 18961912Became chief justice in 1909
John W. Kittredge 2008IncumbentBecame chief justice in 2024
Lionel K. Legge 19541961-
James Woodrow Lewis 19611984Became chief justice in 1975
C. Bruce Littlejohn 19671985Became chief justice in 1984
Alva M. Lumpkin 19261934-
John Hardin Marion 19211926-
Samuel McGowan 18791894-
Henry McIver 18771903Became chief justice in 1891
James E. Moore 19912008-
Franklin J. Moses Sr. 18681877-
Joseph Rodney Moss 19561975Became chief justice in 1966
Julius B. Ness 19741988-
Josiah J. Evans 18351852Left off to become a United States Senator
Abraham Nott ---
John Belton O'Neall ---
George Dewey Oxner 19441962-
Costa M. Pleicones 20002017Became chief justice in 2016
Young J. Pope 18911909Became chief justice in 1903
John Rutledge 17911795Became chief justice in 1791
Resigned to serve as Chief Justice of the United States
William Dunlap Simpson 18801890Became chief justice in 1880
John G. Stabler 19261940Became chief justice in 1935
Taylor Hudnall Stukes 19401961Became chief justice in 1956
Claude A. Taylor 19441966Became chief justice in 1961
Jean H. Toal 19882015Became chief justice in 2000
Letitia H. Verdin 2024Incumbent-
John H. Waller 19942008-
Richard C. Watts 19121930Became chief justice in 1927
Ammiel J. Willard 18681880Became chief justice in 1877
Charles Albert Woods 19031913-
Jonathan Jasper Wright 18701877-
Robert Wright 17251739Became chief justice in 1725