Current Status Bill Number:829 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19950510 Primary Sponsor:Land All Sponsors:Land Drafted Document Number:pfm\7466bdw.95 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Invitations and Memorial Resolutions Committee 24 HIMR Subject:James Hugh McFaddin Highway, Clarendon County
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19950518 Introduced, referred to Committee 24 HIMR Senate 19950517 Adopted, sent to House Senate 19950516 Recalled from Committee, 15 ST placed on the Calendar Senate 19950510 Introduced, referred to Committee 15 STView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
RECALLED
May 16, 1995
S. 829
S. Printed 5/16/95--S.
Read the first time May 10, 1995.
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME U.S. HIGHWAY 527 FROM THE SUMTER COUNTY LINE TO THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY LINE IN CLARENDON COUNTY THE JAMES HUGH MCFADDIN HIGHWAY AND TO PLACE APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ON THE HIGHWAY REFLECTING THE DESIGNATION.
Whereas, James Hugh McFaddin, the son of Hugh McFaddin and Elizabeth J. Aiken, was born on September 6, 1912, at Fullwood Plantation in Clarendon County; and
Whereas, Judge McFaddin settled as an attorney and farmer in Manning and was associated with the law firm of Davis and McFaddin; and
Whereas, Judge McFaddin served in the Eighty-second, Eighty-third, and Eighty-fourth General Assemblies from 1937-1942; and
Whereas, Judge McFaddin resigned from the Senate in 1942 to serve in the United States Army throughout World War II, rising in rank from first lieutenant to major; and
Whereas, after the war Judge McFaddin again was elected to the Senate and served until 1958 when he was elected judge of the third judicial circuit; and
Whereas, serving on the bench until 1970, Judge McFaddin expressed a strong interest in improving the penal system and revising the legal statutes; and
Whereas, offices and memberships he held include delegate to the national Democratic Convention in 1948 and 1956, Clarendon County attorney, delegate for Clarendon County to the state Democratic Convention in 1958, member of the American Bar Association, American College of Trial Judges, American Bar Judicature Society, Masons, Shriners, Knights of Pythias, Elks and Rotary clubs, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, requests the Department of Transportation to name U.S. Highway 527 from the Sumter County line to the Williamsburg County line in Clarendon County the James Hugh McFaddin Highway and to place appropriate markers or signs on the highway reflecting the designation.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the family of Judge James Hugh McFaddin.