Clyde Henry Hamilton (February 8, 1934 – September 2, 2020) was a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Clyde H. Hamilton
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1934 in Edgefield, SC
Died 2020 in Columbia, SC
FJC ID: 956
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 10/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 541/year
South Carolina District Court · 1981–1991Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1991–2020
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Spartanburg, South Carolina1963–1982
- Private practice, Edgefield, South Carolina1961–1963
U.S. Army Reserve captain1956–1958
Appointments
1991–2020 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
1981–1991 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1961- Wofford CollegeB.S. · 1956