Background
Lewis, James Woodrow was born on March 8, 1912 in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States.
Lewis, James Woodrow was born on March 8, 1912 in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States.
Bachelor of Arts South Carolina, 1932.
Although he began law school in 1931, economic conditions during the Depression forced him to return home to Swift Creek to run a country store owned by his father. He continued studying the law under the tutelage of a local lawyer, and he was admitted to practice on December 6, 1935. At the age of 22, he was elected to the Statehouse.
Legislators were exempt from the draft during World World War II, but he resigned in midterm to enter the military.
Lewis served for sixteen years as a trial court judge before he was elected as an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court on February 21, 1961. He was elected chief justice on January 21, 1975 to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Rodney Moss.
Was sworn in on August 14, 1975. And served until his retirement in 1984.
Chief Justice Lewis retired upon reaching the state"s mandatory retirement age of 72.
Son of W. J. and Mary Aletha (Bryant) L. M. Alice Lee, December 26, 1936. 1 daughter, Barbara (Mistress Olin D. Haynes).
