James Robert Martin Jr. Explained

James Robert Martin Jr.
Office:Senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Term Start:November 30, 1979
Term End:November 14, 1984
Office1:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Term Start1:1965
Term End1:1979
Predecessor1:Office established
Successor1:Robert W. Hemphill
Office2:Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Term Start2:November 1, 1965
Term End2:November 30, 1979
Appointer2:operation of law
Predecessor2:Seat established by 79 Stat. 591
Successor2:G. Ross Anderson
Office3:Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina
Term Start3:1962
Term End3:1965
Predecessor3:Charles Cecil Wyche
Successor3:Office abolished
Office4:Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina
Term Start4:September 18, 1961
Term End4:November 1, 1965
Appointer4:John F. Kennedy
Predecessor4:Seat established by 75 Stat. 80
Successor4:Seat abolished
Birth Name:James Robert Martin Jr.
Birth Date:30 November 1909
Birth Place:Greenville, South Carolina
Education:
School of Law
(LL.B.)

James Robert Martin Jr. (November 30, 1909 – November 14, 1984) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina and later the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Education and career

Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Martin received a Bachelor of Laws from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1931. From 1931 to 1944 he was in private practice in Greenville. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Greenville County from 1943 to 1944. He was a judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina from 1944 to 1961.

Federal judicial service

Martin was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on August 30, 1961, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and to the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina, to a new joint seat created by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 8, 1961, and received his commission on September 18, 1961. He served as Chief Judge of the Western District from 1962 to 1965. He was reassigned by operation of law to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 1, 1965, to a new seat authorized by 79 Stat. 951. He served as Chief Judge from 1965 to 1979. He assumed senior status on November 30, 1979. Martin served in that capacity until his death on November 14, 1984.