JUDICIAL · SC · 1994-2000
Ernest Finney Jr.
Chief Justice · State Supreme Court · South Carolina
On the record
First Black SC chief
Background
Ernest Finney Jr. (—) was South Carolina's Chief Justice · State Supreme Court 1994–2000 (6 years). Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Jean Toal. Note: First Black SC chief. Same-year political environment (1994): Governor Carroll A. Campbell Jr.; Secretary of State Jim Miles; Treasurer Grady Patterson.
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Others who held this office in South Carolina
- John Kittredge (2024-present)
- Donald Beatty (2017-2024)
- Costa Pleicones (2016-2017)
- Jean Toal (2000-2015)