Tom S. Gettys

A Representative from South Carolina. 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 and to the Eighty-ninth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Robert W. Hemphill, and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (November 3, 1964-December 31, 1974). Resigned on 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.