Solomon Blatt Jr.

Personal

Birthday: 
1921
Birthplace: 
Sumter, SC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Navy, 1942-1946
Private practice, Barnwell, South Carolina, 1946-1971

Education

Name of School: 
University of South Carolina
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1941
Name of School - Second: 

University of South Carolina School of Law

Founded in 1867, the mission of the School of Law is to teach law through in-depth study; to contribute through faculty and student research to the common good, to the fund of legal knowledge, and to legal development and reform; and to cooperate with state government, the community, and the organized Bar in developing and implementing appropriate programs in legal research, law reform, criminal justice reform, and continuing legal education.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1946

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Court Name: 

South Carolina District Court

President Nominating: 
Richard M. Nixon
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
5/28/1971
Retirement from Active Service: 
5/7/1990