Robert Witherspoon Hemphill (May 10, 1915 – December 25, 1983) was a United States representative from South Carolina and later was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina; U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
Born 1915 in Chester, SC
Died 1983 in Chester, SC
FJC ID: 1020
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 2/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 10/year
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina · 1964–1965South Carolina District Court · 1964–1965South Carolina District Court · 1964–1965U.S. District Court for the Western District of South Carolina · 1964–1965South Carolina District Court · 1965–1983
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, Chester, South Carolina1938–1964
- U.S. representative from South Carolina1957–1964
Solicitor · 1950–1956- South CarolinaState representative · 1947–1948
Air CorpsU.S. Army bomber pilot · 1941–1945
Appointments
- 1965–1983 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Death
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South CarolinaChief Judge1964–1965 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of South Carolina1964–1965 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
LL.B. · 1938- University of South CarolinaA.B. · 1936