JUDICIAL · SC · 2017-2024
Donald Beatty
Chief Justice · State Supreme Court · South Carolina
Background
South Carolina's Chief Justice · State Supreme Court 2017–2024: Donald Beatty — 7-year tenure. Took office after Costa Pleicones; succeeded by John Kittredge. Same-year political environment (2017): Governor Henry McMaster; Attorney General Alan Wilson; Secretary of State Mark Hammond.
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Others who held this office in South Carolina
- John Kittredge (2024-present)
- Costa Pleicones (2016-2017)
- Jean Toal (2000-2015)
- Ernest Finney Jr. (1994-2000)