List of justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court
Below is a list of justices who have served on the South Carolina Supreme Court.
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| Justice | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Gordon Baker | 1935 | 1956 | Became chief justice in 1943 |
| Elihu H. Bay | 1791 | 1838 | - |
| Donald W. Beatty | 2007 | 2024 | Became chief justice in 2017 |
| Eugene Satterwhite Blease | 1926 | 1934 | Became chief justice in 1931 |
| Milledge Lipscomb Bonham | 1931 | 1943 | Became chief justice in 1940 |
| James M. Brailsford Jr. | 1962 | 1974 | - |
| Aedanus Burke | 1796 | 1799 | - |
| E. C. Burnett III | 1995 | 2007 | - |
| Thomas P. Bussey | 1961 | 1975 | - |
| Jesse F. Carter | 1927 | 1943 | - |
| A. Lee Chandler | 1984 | 1994 | Became chief justice in 1994 |
| Thomas P. Cothran | 1921 | 1934 | - |
| William Drayton Sr. | 1789 | 1789 | - |
| Benjamin Faneuil Dunkin | 1865 | 1868 | - |
| John Cannon Few | 2016 | Incumbent | - |
| Ernest A. Finney Jr. | 1985 | 2000 | Became chief justice in 1994 |
| Edward Ladson Fishburne | 1935 | 1954 | - |
| Thomas B. Fraser | 1912 | 1925 | |
| George W. Gage | 1914 | 1921 | - |
| John P. Gardner | - | - | - |
| Eugene B. Gary | 1894 | 1926 | Became chief justice in 1912 |
| George Gregory Jr. | 1975 | 1991 | Became chief justice in 1988 |
| John Faucheraud Grimké | 1783 | 1819 | - |
| David W. Harwell | 1991 | 1994 | Became chief justice in 1992 |
| Alexander Cheves Haskell | 1877 | 1879 | - |
| Kaye Gorenflo Hearn | 2009 | 2022 | - |
| D. Garrison Hill | 2023 | Incumbent | - |
| Solomon L. Hoge | 1868 | 1869 | - |
| Daniel E. Hydrick | 1909 | 1921 | - |
| George C. James | 2017 | Incumbent | - |
| David Johnson | - | - | - |
| Ira B. Jones | 1896 | 1912 | Became chief justice in 1909 |
| John W. Kittredge | 2008 | Incumbent | Became chief justice in 2024 |
| Lionel K. Legge | 1954 | 1961 | - |
| James Woodrow Lewis | 1961 | 1984 | Became chief justice in 1975 |
| C. Bruce Littlejohn | 1967 | 1985 | Became chief justice in 1984 |
| Alva M. Lumpkin | 1926 | 1934 | - |
| John Hardin Marion | 1921 | 1926 | - |
| Samuel McGowan | 1879 | 1894 | - |
| Henry McIver | 1877 | 1903 | Became chief justice in 1891 |
| James E. Moore | 1991 | 2008 | - |
| Franklin J. Moses Sr. | 1868 | 1877 | - |
| Joseph Rodney Moss | 1956 | 1975 | Became chief justice in 1966 |
| Julius B. Ness | 1974 | 1988 | - |
| Abraham Nott | - | - | - |
| John Belton O'Neall | - | - | - |
| George Dewey Oxner | 1944 | 1962 | - |
| Costa M. Pleicones | 2000 | 2017 | Became chief justice in 2016 |
| Young J. Pope | 1891 | 1909 | Became chief justice in 1903 |
| John Rutledge | 1791 | 1795 | Became chief justice in 1791 Resigned to serve as Chief Justice of the United States |
| William Dunlap Simpson | 1880 | 1890 | Became chief justice in 1880 |
| John G. Stabler | 1926 | 1940 | Became chief justice in 1935 |
| Taylor Hudnall Stukes | 1940 | 1961 | Became chief justice in 1956 |
| Claude A. Taylor | 1944 | 1966 | Became chief justice in 1961 |
| Jean H. Toal | 1988 | 2015 | Became chief justice in 2000 |
| Letitia H. Verdin | 2024 | Incumbent | - |
| John H. Waller | 1994 | 2008 | - |
| Richard C. Watts | 1912 | 1930 | Became chief justice in 1927 |
| Ammiel J. Willard | 1868 | 1880 | Became chief justice in 1877 |
| Charles Albert Woods | 1903 | 1913 | - |
| Jonathan Jasper Wright | 1870 | 1877 | - |
| Robert Wright | 1725 | 1739 | Became chief justice in 1725 |