Thomas H. Pope Jr. | |
Office: | 53rd Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives |
Term Start: | February 15, 1949 |
Term End: | November 13, 1950 |
Preceded: | C. Bruce Littlejohn |
Succeeded: | Solomon Blatt Sr. |
Office2: | Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Newberry County |
Term Start2: | January 8, 1946 |
Term End2: | November 13, 1950 |
Preceded2: | Steve C. Griffith |
Succeeded2: | Frank E. Jordan Jr. |
Term Start3: | November 9, 1936 |
Term End3: | July 8, 1940 |
Succeeded3: | Julian A. Price |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1913 |
Birth Place: | Kinards, South Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Newberry, South Carolina, U.S. |
Children: | 3, including Thomas III |
Branch: | United States Army |
Rank: | Brigadier general |
Unit: | 263rd Coast Artillery Regiment, South Carolina National Guard |
Battles: |
Thomas Harrington Pope Jr. (July 28, 1913 – August 23, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was that body's speaker from 1949 to 1950 and ran for the Democratic Party nomination in the 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election, losing handily to James F. Byrnes.[1]