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Andrew Gordon Magrath
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina · 1856
Andrew Gordon Magrath , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Andrew Gordon Magrath (February 8, 1813 – April 9, 1893) was an American politician and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and a Confederate District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
Education
- Harvard Law School
- South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)A.B., 1831
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Career
Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1835-1839, 1841, 1843-1856, 1865-1893; State representative, South Carolina, 1840, 1842; Secretary of state, State of South Carolina, 1860-1861; Judge, Confederate District Court, District of South Carolina, 1861-1864; Governor, South Carolina, 1864-1865
Biography
Andrew Gordon Magrath (February 8, 1813 – April 9, 1893) was an American politician and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and a Confederate District Judge for the District of South Carolina.
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