Ernest A. Finney Jr.
Ernest A. Finney Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of South Carolina | |
| In office December 1994 – March 23, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | A. Lee Chandler |
| Succeeded by | Jean H. Toal |
| Associate Justice of South Carolina | |
| In office 1985 – December 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Julius B. Ness |
| Succeeded by | E. C. Burnett, III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. March 23, 1931 Smithfield, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 3, 2017 (aged 86) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Spouse | Frances Davenport Finney |
| Children | 3, including Nikky Finney |
| Alma mater | Claflin College (B.A. 1952) South Carolina State University (J.D. 1954) |
Ernest Adolphus Finney Jr. (March 23, 1931 – December 3, 2017) was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court since the Reconstruction Era. He spent the last years of his life in Sumter, South Carolina. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.