William Hiram Brawley

Judge William Hiram Brawley

Personal

Birthday:

5/13/1841

Birthplace:

Chester, SC

Date of Death:

11/15/1916

Place of Death:

Charleston, SC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Confederate Army, 1861-1862
Manager, family plantation, 1862-1864
Private practice, Chester, South Carolina, 1866-1868
Solicitor, Sixth Judicial Circuit, South Carolina, 1868-1874
Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1874-1893
State representative, South Carolina, 1882-1890
U.S. representative from South Carolina, 1891-1894

Education

Name of School:

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 Year:

1860

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Court Name:

South Carolina District Court

President Nominating:

Grover Cleveland

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

01/18/1894

Termination Date:

6/14/1911

Termination Reason:

Retirement