Background
McLeod, Walton James was born on June 30, 1937 in Walterboro, South Carolina. Son of Walton James Junior and Rhoda Lane (Brown) M.
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Walton James McLeod
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Bachelor, Yale University, 1959; Bachelor of Laws, University of Southern California, 1964.
Career
Law clerk to Chief Judge Clement Haynsworth, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit), Richmond, Virginia, 1964-1965;
associate, Pope and Schumpert, Newberry, South Carolina., 1965-1967;
assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina., 1967-1968;
general counsel, South Carolina. Department Health & Environmental Control, Columbia, 1968-1994;
special counsel, South Carolina. Department Health & Environmental Control, Columbia, 1994-1996;
deputy South Carolina. attorney general, Columbia, 1987-1988.
Magistrate Newberry County, Little Mountain, South Carolina., 1973-1981. Municipal judge Town of Little Mountain, 1981-1983, mayor, 1983-1989, 93-96. Member South Carolina.Ho. of Representatives, Columbia, since 1996.
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President Newberry (South Carolina.) Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1967. Board directors South Carolina. Housing Finance & Development Authority, Columbia, 1977-1996.
Chair Control Midlands Council Govts., Columbia, 1981-1982. Trustee South Carolina. State Museum, Columbia, 1981-1985.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1959-1961, Captain United States Naval Reserve, 1961-1992. Fellow South Carolina. Bar Foundation; member South Carolina.
Magistrates Association (president 1976-1977, Distinguished Judicial Svc. award 1975, 77), Judge Advisers Association (national president 1991-1992), South Carolina. Reserve Officers Association (state president 1981-1982), South Carolina. Society (president 1990-1993).
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Married Julie Edwina Hamiter, February 15, 1969. 1 child, Walton James IV.
