United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
49 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Robert Foster ChapmanElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Clyde Henry HamiltonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Donald Stuart RussellElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Karen LeCraft Henderson
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Dennis W. SheddElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
William Walter Wilkins Jr.Elevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Henry Franklin FloydElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
William Byrd Traxler Jr.Elevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Richard Mark Gergel
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Bristow Marchant
Magistrate judge
Joseph Dawson III
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
George Ross Anderson Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Matthew James Perry Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Thomas BeeDeceased
District judge, appointed by George Washington (Federalist)
William Hiram BrawleyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Charles Earl Simons Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
Mary Geiger Lewis
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Patrick Michael DuffyRetired 2019
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Falcon Black Hawkins Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Robert Witherspoon HemphillDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Solomon Blatt Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Charles Cecil WycheDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
James Robert Martin Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Margaret B. SeymourRetired 2022
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Henry Augustus Middleton SmithDeceased
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft
Charles Weston HouckDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
George Seabrook BryanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Andrew Johnson
Thomas E. Rogers III
Magistrate judge
Andrew Gordon MagrathDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
Paige Jones Gossett
Magistrate judge
Bruce Howe Hendricks
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
David C. Norton
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Joseph F. Anderson Jr.
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Terry L. Wooten
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
John DraytonDeceased
District judge, appointed by James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Timothy M. Cain
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Robert Budd GilchristDeceased
District judge, appointed by Martin Van Buren
Sherri Allen Lydon
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Cameron McGowan Currie
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Henry M. Herlong Jr.
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Jacquelyn Denise Austin
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Kevin F. McDonald
Magistrate judge
Donald C. Coggins Jr.
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Kaymani D. West
Magistrate judge
Mary Gordon Baker
Magistrate judge
Shiva V. Hodges
Magistrate judge
William Stevens Brown V
Magistrate judge
R. Bryan Harwell
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)