<page_title> List of former United States district courts </page_title> <section_title> South Carolina </section_title> <table> <cell> Ashton Hilliard Williams </cell> <cell> Harry S. Truman </cell> <cell> July 3, 1952 </cell> </table>
In 1952, Williams was appointed by Harry S. Truman to a seat on the United States District Court.