Founded 1884 as the South Carolina Bar Association. Merged in 1975 with the South Carolina State Bar, which was founded in 1968.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Donald W. Beatty |
Judge |
c. 1952 |
|
Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court |
| Preston S. Brooks |
Politician |
5-Aug-1819 |
27-Jan-1857 |
Beat Charles Sumner with a cane |
| James F. Byrnes |
Politician |
2-May-1882 |
9-Apr-1972 |
US Secretary of State, 1945-47 |
| Butler Derrick |
Politician |
30-Sep-1936 |
5-May-2014 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1975-95 |
| Lindsey Graham |
Politician |
9-Jul-1955 |
|
US Senator from South Carolina |
| John P. Green |
Politician |
2-Apr-1845 |
30-Aug-1940 |
Labor Day |
| Karen L. Henderson |
Judge |
11-Jul-1944 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| R. Glenn Hilliard |
Business |
18-Jan-1943 |
|
CEO of ING Americas, 1999-2003 |
| Bob Inglis |
Politician |
11-Oct-1959 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1993-98, 2005-11 |
| John W. Jenrette, Jr. |
Politician |
9-May-1936 |
|
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM |
| William Johnson |
Judge |
27-Dec-1771 |
11-Aug-1834 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1804-34 |
| Olin D. Johnston |
Politician |
18-Nov-1896 |
18-Apr-1965 |
Governor and Senator from South Carolina |
| Laurence M. Keitt |
Politician |
4-Oct-1824 |
2-Jun-1864 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1853-60 |
| Alexander C. King |
Attorney |
7-Dec-1856 |
25-Jul-1926 |
US Solicitor General, 1918-20 |
| James R. Mann |
Politician |
27-Apr-1920 |
20-Dec-2010 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1969-79 |
| David H. Martin |
Activist |
? |
|
Founder, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund |
| Steve A. Matthews |
Attorney |
c. 1956 |
|
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd |
| James E. Moore |
Judge |
13-Mar-1936 |
|
Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court |
| Costa M. Pleicones |
Judge |
29-Feb-1944 |
|
Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court |
| L. Mendel Rivers |
Politician |
28-Sep-1905 |
28-Dec-1970 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1941-70 |
| Donald S. Russell |
Politician |
22-Feb-1906 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71 |
| Dennis W. Shedd |
Judge |
28-Jan-1953 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Floyd Spence |
Politician |
9-Apr-1928 |
16-Aug-2001 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1971-2001 |
| John Spratt |
Politician |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-2011 |
| George Bell Timmerman, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Aug-1912 |
29-Nov-1994 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59 |
| Jean Hoefer Toal |
Judge |
11-Aug-1943 |
|
South Carolina Chief Justice |
| William B. Traxler, Jr. |
Judge |
1-May-1948 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| David A. Westerlund |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
EVP at Ball Corporation |
| William W. Wilkins, Jr. |
Judge |
29-Mar-1942 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986-2007 |
| Joe Wilson |
Politician |
31-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 2nd |