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Andrew Gordon Magrath
Former judge · U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Andrew Gordon Magrath served on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Appointed by Franklin Pierce and confirmed May 12, 1856.
- Appointed by
- Franklin Pierce
- Confirmed
- May 12, 1856
- Born
- 1813
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South CarolinaFranklin Pierce · May 12, 1856 – Nov 7, 1860
Education
- Harvard Law School
- South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)A.B., 1831
- Read law1835
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
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