Tommy Pope | |
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Speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
Assumed office December 2, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Jay Lucas |
Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 47th district | |
Assumed office November 8,2010 | |
Preceded by | Herb Kirsh |
Personal details | |
Born | Rock Hill,South Carolina,U.S. | July 24,1962
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of South Carolina (BS,JD) |
Thomas E. Pope (born July 24,1962) is an American politician. He is a Republican.
Pope previously served as solicitor (equivalent to a district attorney) of the 16th Judicial Circuit in South Carolina,representing the people of Union and York counties from 1993 to 2006. [1] [2]
Pope prosecuted Susan Smith in 1995 for the drowning death of her two children. He testified at her November 2024 parole hearing,recommending that she serve her full sentence. [3] [4] [5] [6]
He is currently a managing partner of Elrod Pope Law Firm in Rock Hill,South Carolina.
Pope currently serves as speaker pro tempore within the South Carolina House of Representatives [7] and since 2010 has served as a South Carolina House Member from the 47th District.
In 2024 he was re-elected by acclamation as speaker pro tempore. [8]
On February 6,2017,Pope announced his intention to seek South Carolina's 5th congressional district seat in the upcoming special election,due to the resignation of Mick Mulvaney to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
On May 2,2017,Pope narrowly won the Republican primary for the U.S. congressional seat,leading by only 0.3%. [9] On May 16,2017,Pope lost the runoff against Ralph Norman by 200 votes,or 0.6%. [10] [11]
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