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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas Gettys |
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Rock Hill, South Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 19, 1912
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| Died | June 08, 2003
(90 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Oct 12, 2022 07:09pm |
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| Info | Thomas Smithwick "Tom" Gettys
born in Rock Hill, York County, S.C. June 19, 1912; educated in the Rock Hill public schools; attended Clemson College; Erskine College, A.B., 1933; graduate work at Duke University and Winthrop College; United States Navy, 1942-1946; teacher; school administrator, Central School, 1935-1941; staff for United States Representative James P. Richards, 1942-1951; postmaster, Rock Hill, S.C., 1951-1954; lawyer, private practice; past member and chairman of the board of trustees of Rock Hill School District Three, 1953-1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress, November 3, 1964, in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert W. Hemphill and at the same time elected to the Eighty-ninth Congress; reelected to the four succeeding Congresses and resigned on December 31, 1974 (November 3, 1964-December 31, 1974); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; died on June 8, 2003, in Rock Hill, S.C.; interment in Neely?s Creek Associate Reformed Church Cemetery, Rock Hill, S.C.
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