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U.S. District Attorneys in South Carolina
U.S. District Attorneys for South Carolina, 1789-1998 (may
be incomplete!)
John
J. Pringle 1789-92
Thomas
Parker 1792-1820
Robert
Y. Hayne 1820
John
Gadsden 1820-31
Edward
Frost 1831
Robert
B. Gilchrist 1831-40
Edward
McCrady 1840-50
William
Whaley 1850
James
L. Petigru 1850-53
Thomas
Evans 1853-56
James
Conner 1856-60
John
Phillips 1866-67
David
T. Corbin 1867-77
L.
C. Northrup 1878-81
Samuel
W. Melton 1881-85
Leroy
F. Youmans 1885-89
Abial
Lathrop 1889-93
William
P. Murphy 1893-96
Abial
Lathrop 1896-1901
John
G. Capers 1901-06
Ernest
F. Cochran 1906-14
Francis
H. Weston 1914-18
Klyde
Robinson 1968-69
Joseph
O. Rogers, Jr. 1969-71
John
K. Grisso 1971-75
Thomas
P. Simpson 1975
Mark
W. Buyck, Jr. 1975-77
Thomas
P. Simpson 1977
Thomas
E. Lydon, Jr. 1977-81
Henry
D. McMaster 1981-85
Vinton
D. Lide 1985-89
E.
Bart Daniel 1989-92
John
S. Simmons 1992-93
Margaret
B. Seymour 1993
J.
Preston Strom, Jr. 1993-96
Margaret
B. Seymour 1996
J.
René Josey 1996-98
U.S. District Attorneys for South Carolina, 1918-68 (may be
incomplete!)
Francis
H. Weston 1918-22
D.
Ernest Meyer 1922-30
Henry
E. Davis 1930-34
Claud
N. Sapp 1934-47
Benjamin
S. Whaley 1947-53
N.
Welsh Morrisette, Jr. 1953-61
Terrell
L. Glenn 1961-68
Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)
U.S. District Attorneys for South Carolina, 1915-68 (may be
incomplete!)
Francis
H. Weston 1915
J.
William Thurmond 1915-21
Ernest
F. Cochran 1921-23
Joseph
A. Tolbert 1923-33
Charles
C. Wyche 1933-37
Oscar
H. Doyle 1937-50
Edward
P. Riley 1951
John
C. Williams 1951-54
Joseph
E. Hines 1954-61
John
C. Williams 1961-68
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