Henry McIver (chief justice), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American judge
Date of Birth: 25-Sep-1826
Place of Birth: Society Hill, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 12-Jan-1903
Profession: judge
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Henry McIver (chief justice)
- Henry McIver (September 25, 1826 – January 12, 1903) was a chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court.McIver was born on September 25, 1826, near Society Hill, South Carolina to Alexander McIver and Mary Hanford McIver.
- He moved to Cheraw, South Carolina in 1836 with his family.
- In 1846, he graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina).
- He studied law with his father after college, and he was admitted to practice law in December 1847.
- he married Caroline H.
- Powe on June 7, 1849.
- When McIver's father died in July 1850, Governor Whitemarsh B.
- Seabrook appointed McIver to complete his father's term as the solicitor (prosecutor) for the eastern circuit of the state.
- At the end of the term, McIver did not run for a full term; however, the successor himself died in office, and McIver was again appointed to conclude the unexpired term.
- At the end of that second term, McIver was elected to a full term.
- He continued being re-elected to the position until 1868 when he was removed from office as part of Reconstruction.
- McIver, representing Chesterfield District, was among signers of the South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession in December 1860.
- He later served as a captain in the 4th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment and was severely wounded at the battle of Haw's Shop, Va., then returned to his law practice after the Civil War.
- On May 19, 1877, he was elected as an associate justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court to fill the unexpired term of the Justice Ammiel J.
- Willard who had become chief justice of the court.
- The General Assembly elected McIver unanimously to a full term in December 1879.
- He served in that position until he was elected and immediately sworn in as chief justice on December 1, 1891, replacing Chief Justice William D.
- Simpson.McIver died on January 12, 1903.
- He is buried at Old Saint Davids Episcopal Church Cemetery in Cheraw, South Carolina.
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