William Hiram Brawley (incorrectly reported in some works as William Huggins Brawley; May 13, 1841 – November 15, 1916) was a United States representative from South Carolina and later a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
William Hiram Brawley
Born 1841 in Chester, SC
Died 1916 in Charleston, SC
FJC ID: 245
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
South Carolina District Court · 1894–1911
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
- U.S. representative from South Carolina1891–1894
- Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina1874–1893
- South CarolinaState representative · 1882–1890
Solicitor · 1868–1874- Private practice, Chester, South Carolina1866–1868
- family plantationManager · 1862–1864
- Confederate Army1861–1862
Appointments
- 1894–1911 · Appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- South Carolina College (now University of South Carolina)1860