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C. Bruce Littlejohn

1913 – 2007

American judge

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Lived 1913 – 2007 (aged 93). C. Bruce Littlejohn was an American judge and politician.

Cameron Bruce Littlejohn (July 22, 1913 – April 21, 2007) was a chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. He served as an associate justice on the same court from 1967 to 1984.

C. Bruce Littlejohn was born July 22, 1913, in Pacolet, South Carolina, to Lady Sarah Warmoth and Cameron Littlejohn. He was the youngest of eight children. He graduated from Wofford College in 1933 after having studied English and Political Science. He went on to get his LL.B. from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1936. he was elected an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court beating out Judge Julius B. "Bubba" Ness, state Senator Rembert C. Dennis and former Governor George Bell Timmerman. In 1984, he was elected chief justice, succeeding Chief Justice J. Woodrow Lewis. After completing Justice Lewis's unexpired term, he was elected to a full term in 1984. He retired in 1985 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 72.

Littlejohn died on April 21, 2007. He is buried the Pacolet First Baptist Church.

Littlejohn received honorary degrees from Wofford College (1968), Converse College (1985), the University of South Carolina (1986), and Limestone College (1990). He also was a prolific writer, authoring four books: Laugh with the Judge (1974), Littlejohn's Half-Century at the Bench and Bar (1987), Littlejohn's Political Memoirs (1989), and Littlejohn's South Carolina Judicial History: 1930-2004 (2005).

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University of South Carolina School of Law
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Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
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Cameron Bruce Littlejohn

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Who was C. Bruce Littlejohn?

American judge (1913-2007)

When was C. Bruce Littlejohn born?

C. Bruce Littlejohn was born on 22 July 1913 in Pacolet.

When did C. Bruce Littlejohn die?

C. Bruce Littlejohn died on 21 April 2007.

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C. Bruce Littlejohn was a judge and politician.

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C. Bruce Littlejohn was American.

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· Wikipedia: C. Bruce Littlejohn

· Wikidata: Q18639462

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