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          Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era. He spent the last years of his life in Sumter, South Carolina.

        1. Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era. He spent the last years of his life in Sumter, South Carolina.
        2. Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. (March 23, – December 3, ) was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme.
        3. Was born in Smithfield, Virginia, on March 23, He died in Columbia, South Carolina, on December 3, Finney received a BA from Claflin College and a JD from South Carolina State University School of Law in Finney became a schoolteacher and waiter, with no options for practicing law due to Jim Crow laws.
        4. Finney graduated from Sumter High School in He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wofford College in and a Juris Doctor degree from the.
        5. In , he won an election to become South Carolina's first black circuit judge.

          6. Was born in Smithfield, Virginia, on March 23, He died in Columbia, South Carolina, on December 3, Finney received a BA from Claflin College and a JD from South Carolina State University School of Law in Finney became a schoolteacher and waiter, with no options for practicing law due to Jim Crow laws..

          Ernest A. Finney Jr.

          American judge

          Ernest A. Finney Jr.

          In office
          December 1994 – March 23, 2000
          Preceded byA.

          Lee Chandler

          Succeeded byJean H. Toal
          In office
          1985 – December 1994
          Preceded byJulius B. Ness
          Succeeded byE.

          C. Burnett, III

          Born

          Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr.


          (1931-03-23)March 23, 1931
          Smithfield, Virginia, U.S.
          DiedDecember 3, 2017(2017-12-03) (aged 86)
          Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
          SpouseFrances Davenport Finney
          Children3, including Nikky Finney
          Alma materClaflin College (B.A.

          Ernest A. Finney, Jr. was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era.

          1952)
          South Carolina State University (J.D. 1954)

          Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. (March 23, 1931 – December 3, 2017) was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era.[1] He spent the last years of his life in Sumter, South Carolina.

          He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[2]

          Early life, education