Andrew Gordon Magrath

Andrew Gordon Magrath (February 8, 1813 – April 9, 1893) was an American politician and jurist who served as the last Governor of South Carolina under the Confederate States of America, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and a Confederate District Judge for the District of South Carolina. Education and career Born on February 8, 1813, in Charleston, South Carolina, Magrath received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1831 from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), attended Harvard Law School and read law with James L. Petigru in 1835. He entered private practice in Charleston from 1835 to 1839, in 1841, and from 1843 to 1856. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1840, and 1842. Magrath was a member of the Democratic Party. Federal judicial service