Tommy Pope (politician)

Tommy Pope

Speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2014
Preceded by	Jay Lucas
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 47th district
Incumbent
Assumed office November 8, 2010
Preceded by	Herb Kirsh

Personal details
Born	(1962-07-24) July 24, 1962 (age 62) Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
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.

Career

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.

Political career

South Carolina House

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]

2017 South Carolina 5th congressional district special election

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]

References

^ "Our Campaigns - SC Solicitor - District 16 Race - Nov 03, 1992".
^ "County of Union, South Carolina - 16th Circuit Solicitor's Office".
^ Emert, Jennifer (2024-10-29). "Former solicitor will urge S.C. Parole Board to uphold life sentence for Susan Smith". WLOS. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
^ "Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after drowning her 2 young sons: "I know what I did was horrible" - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
^ "AP". newsroom.ap.org. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
^ Fellow, Courtney McGinley (2024-11-06). "Ex-prosecutor talks 'selfish' Susan Smith: Prison sex and 'sugar daddies'". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
^ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography".
^ "South Carolina House Republicans and Democrats stick with same leadership for upcoming legislative session". WCBD News 2. 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
^ "South Carolina Election Results: Two Republicans Advance, Democrat Wins in U.S. House Primaries". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Live Election Results: South Carolina's Fifth Congressional District". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope - Elrod Pope Law Firm". Elrod Pope Law Firm.

South Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Herb Kirsh	Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 47th district 2010–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Jay Lucas	Speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives 2014–present	Incumbent

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v t e Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Speaker of the House Jay Lucas (R) Speaker pro tempore Tommy Pope (R) Majority Leader Gary Simrill (R) Minority Leader Todd Rutherford (D)
▌Bill Whitmire (R) ▌Adam L. Duncan (R) ▌Phillip Bowers (R) ▌Davey Hiott (R) ▌Neal Collins (R) ▌April Cromer (R) ▌Lee Gilreath (R) ▌Don Chapman (R) ▌Blake Sanders (R) ▌Thomas Beach (R) ▌Craig A. Gagnon (R) ▌Daniel Gibson (R) ▌John R. McCravy III (R) ▌Luke Rankin (R) ▌JA Moore (D) ▌Mark N. Willis (R) ▌Mike Burns (R) ▌Alan Morgan (R) ▌Patrick Haddon (R) ▌Stephen Frank (R) ▌Bobby Cox (R) ▌Paul Wickensimer (R) ▌Chandra Dillard (D) ▌Bruce W. Bannister (R) ▌Wendell K. Jones (D) ▌David Martin (R) ▌David Vaughan (R) ▌Chris Huff (R) ▌Dennis Moss (R) ▌Brian Lawson (R) ▌Rosalyn Henderson-Myers (D) ▌Scott Montgomery (R) ▌Travis Moore (R) ▌Sarita Edgerton (R) ▌Bill Chumley (R) ▌Rob Harris (R) ▌Steven Wayne Long (R) ▌Josiah Magnuson (R) ▌Cal Forrest (R) ▌Joseph S. White (R) ▌Annie McDaniel (D) ▌Doug Gilliam (R) ▌Randy Ligon (R) ▌Mike Neese (R) ▌Brandon Michael Newton (R) ▌Heath Sessions (R) ▌Tommy Pope (R) ▌Brandon Guffey (R) ▌John Richard C. King (D) ▌Will Wheeler (D) ▌J. David Weeks (D) ▌Jermaine L. Johnson (D) ▌Richie Yow (R) ▌Jason S. Luck (D) ▌Jackie E. Hayes (D) ▌Tim McGinnis (R) ▌Lucas Atkinson (D) ▌Jeff Johnson (R) ▌Terry Alexander (D) ▌Phillip Lowe (R) ▌Carla Schuessler (R) ▌Robert Q. Williams (D) ▌Jay Jordan (R) ▌Fawn Pedalino (R) ▌Cody Mitchell (R) ▌Jackie Terribile (R) ▌G. Murrell Smith Jr. (R) ▌Heather Ammons Crawford (R) ▌Chris Wooten (R) ▌Robert Reese (D) ▌Nathan Ballentine (R) ▌Seth Rose (D) ▌Chris R. Hart (D) ▌Todd Rutherford (D) ▌Heather Bauer (D) ▌Leon Howard (D) ▌Kambrell Garvin (D) ▌Beth Bernstein (D) ▌Hamilton R. Grant (D) ▌Katherine D. Landing (R) ▌Charles V. Hartz (R) ▌Bill Clyburn (D) ▌Bill Hixon (R) ▌Melissa Lackey Oremus (R) ▌Jay Kilmartin (R) ▌Bill Taylor (R) ▌Paula Rawl Calhoon (R) ▌RJ May (R) ▌Micah Caskey (R) ▌Justin Bamberg (D) ▌Lonnie Hosey (D) ▌Brandon Cox (R) ▌Jerry Govan Jr. (D) ▌Gil Gatch (R) ▌Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) ▌Ryan McCabe (R) ▌Robby Robbins (R) ▌Chris Murphy (R) ▌Mark Smith (R) ▌Sylleste Davis (R) ▌Roger K. Kirby (D) ▌Harriet Holman (R) ▌Carl Anderson (D) ▌William Bailey (R) ▌Kevin Hardee (R) ▌Val Guest (R) ▌Case Brittain (R) ▌Lee Hewitt (R) ▌Tiffany Spann-Wilder (D) ▌Tom Hartnett (R) ▌Wendell Gilliard (D) ▌Joe Bustos (R) ▌Vacant ▌Gary Brewer (R) ▌Spencer Wetmore (D) ▌James Teeple (R) ▌Jordan Pace (R) ▌Bill Herbkersman (R) ▌Leon Stavrinakis (D) ▌Weston J. Newton (R) ▌Michael F. Rivers Sr. (D) ▌Bill Hager (R) ▌Jeff Bradley (R) ▌Shannon Erickson (R)
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U.S. senators	Lindsey Graham Tim Scott
State government	Henry McMaster, Governor Pamela Evette, Lieutenant Governor Mark Hammond, Secretary of State Alan Wilson, Attorney General Curtis Loftis, Treasurer Brian Gaines, Comptroller Hugh Weathers, Agriculture Commissioner Ellen Weaver, Superintendent
Senate	Thomas C. Alexander, President A. Shane Massey, Majority Leader Brad Hutto, Minority Leader
House	Murrell Smith Jr., Speaker Tommy Pope, Speaker pro tempore Davey Hiott, Majority Leader Todd Rutherford, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	John W. Kittredge, Chief Justice John Cannon Few George C. James D. Garrison Hill Letitia H. Verdin, Justices

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