Daniel R. McLeod

Daniel R. McLeod, also known as Dan McLeod, was an American attorney and politician. He served as attorney general of South Carolina from 1959 to 1983. At the time of his retirement, he was the longest serving state attorney general in the United States.

Life and career

McLeod attended Wofford College and the University of South Carolina.
McLeod served as attorney general of South Carolina from 1959 to 1983. During his tenure, he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional in a case titled Hamm v. Rock Hill. McLeod also argued before the Supreme Court in Edwards v. South Carolina in which the Supreme Court addressed whether the convictions of marchers in South Carolina violated their freedom of speech, assembly, and petition for redress under the U.S. Constitution.
McLeod influenced state law as it related to state parks, the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, the S.C. Court of Appeals, and the state's Budget and Control Board. He died on May 5, 1985, at the age of 71.