Judicial service
District Court, D. South Carolina
Judge
1965 – 1966 · 1 yr
District Court, W.D. South Carolina
Judge
1937 – 1965 · 28 yrsAppointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
Career
U.S. attorney for the Western District of South Carolina
1933 – 1937 · 4 yrs
Special associate justice
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1929 – present · 97 yrs
Special judge
South Carolina Circuit Court, Cherokee County
1924 – present · 102 yrs
City attorney
1919 – 1922 · 3 yrs
County attorney
1919 – 1933 · 14 yrs
U.S. Army major
1917 – 1919 · 2 yrs
State representative
South Carolina
1913 – 1914 · 1 yr
Private practice
1909 – 1937 · 28 yrs
Education
B.S., Citadel Military College of South Carolina