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Clyde Hamilton
Clyde H. Hamilton was a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush (R). He assumed senior status on November 30, 1999.[1] His service ended on September 2, 2020, when he died.[2]
Prior to joining the Fourth Circuit, he served as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Education
Hamilton earned his B.A. from Wofford College in 1956 and his J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1961.[1]
Military service
Hamilton served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1958.[1]
Professional career
- 1963-1982: Private practice, Spartanburg, S.C.
- 1961-1963: Private practice, Edgefield, S.C.
Judicial nominations and appointments
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Clyde H. Hamilton |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 36 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: June 12, 1991
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: July 11, 1991
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: July 18, 1991
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| Confirmed: July 18, 1991
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Hamilton was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on June 12, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089. The American Bar Association rated Hamilton Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination.[3] Hearings on his nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on July 11, 1991, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on July 18, 1991. He was confirmed by unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on July 18, 1991, and he received his commission on July 22, 1991. He assumed senior status on the court on November 30, 1999, and served until his death on September 2, 2020.[1][4][2]
District of South Carolina
Hamilton was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina by President Ronald Reagan on November 13, 1981, to a seat vacated by Judge Robert Chapman. Hamilton was confirmed by the Senate on November 24, 1981, and he received his commission on December 1, 1981. He resigned from the district court on July 31, 1991, upon his elevation to the Fourth Circuit. Hamilton was succeeded in this position by Judge William Traxler.[1]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
External links
- Judge Hamilton's biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Judge Hamilton's biography from the Fourth Circuit's website
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed June 16, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, "Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Remembers Judge Clyde H. Hamilton," September 8, 2020
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 102nd Congress," accessed June 16, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 399 - Clyde H. Hamilton - The Judiciary," accessed June 16, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat 104 Stat. 5089 |
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 1991–1999 |
Succeeded by: Dennis Shedd |
| Preceded by: Robert Chapman |
District of South Carolina 1981–1991 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: William Traxler
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Timothy M. Cain • David Norton (South Carolina judge) • Bruce Hendricks • Richard Mark Gergel • Mary Geiger Lewis • Jacquelyn Austin • Donald Coggins Jr. • Sherri Lydon • Joseph Dawson (South Carolina) | ||
| Senior judges |
Joseph Anderson • Henry Herlong • Cameron Currie • Terry Wooten • Robert Harwell • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Robert Buchanan • Paige Jones Gossett • Thomas Rogers • Shiva Hodges • Kevin McDonald (South Carolina) • Kaymani West • Mary Gordon Baker • Molly Cherry • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Bee • William Drayton • John Drayton • Thomas Lee • Robert Budd Gilchrist • Andrew Gordon Magrath • George Seabrook Bryan • William Hiram Brawley • Clyde Hamilton • William Traxler • Dennis Shedd • Charles Henry Simonton • Henry Augustus Middleton Smith • Joseph Travis Johnson • George Anderson • Patrick Duffy • Margaret Seymour • Henry Floyd • Henry Hitt Watkins • Ernest Ford Cochran • Robert Chapman • John Lyles Glenn • Francis Kerschner Myers • Charles Wyche • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Donald S. Russell • Charles Simons • Charles Weston Houck • Matthew Perry • George Timmerman • Julius Waring • William Walter Wilkins • Ashton Williams • J. Michelle Childs • James Robert Martin, Jr. • A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
David Norton (South Carolina judge) • Joseph Anderson • Margaret Seymour • Terry Wooten • Robert Harwell • Falcon Hawkins • Robert Hemphill • Charles Simons • Solomon Blatt • Charles Weston Houck • James Robert Martin, Jr. • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
