List of justices of the South Carolina Supreme Court

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

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 -
Josiah J. Evans 1835 1852 Left off to become a United States Senator
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
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