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Joseph Fletcher Anderson, Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Senior status since November 16, 2014.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- September 26, 1986
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 1, 1986
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 2, 1986
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 8, 1986
- Commissioned
- October 14, 1986
- Senior status
- Since November 16, 2014
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1949, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Clement Haynsworth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1975-1976
- Private practice, Edgefield, South Carolina, 1976-1986
- State representative, South Carolina, 1980-1986
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2026-present
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