November 10, 2021

Judge Anderson was born in Augusta, Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Clemson University in 1972 and a Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1975. He was a law clerk for Judge Clement Haynsworth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1975 to 1976. He was in private practice in Edgefield, South Carolina from 1976 to 1986, and he was a Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1980 to 1986.  Judge Anderson was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 26, 1986, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, and he was confirmed by the United States Senate in October 1986.  He was the youngest federal judge in South Carolina history at the time of his appointment. He served as Chief Judge from 2000 to 2007 and assumed senior status on November 16, 2014.