Thomas A. Wofford

Thomas A. Wofford

Thomas Albert Wofford (born September 27, 1908 in Madden Station , Laurens County , South Carolina , †  February 25, 1978 in Greenville , South Carolina) was an American politician who represented the state of South Carolina in the US Senate .

Thomas Wofford attended public schools and graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1928 . 1931 was followed by the examination at the Law School in Harvard , after which he was admitted to the bar the following year and began practicing in Greenville. From 1935 to 1936 he was assistant district attorney for the 13th Judicial District of South Carolina; between 1937 and 1944 he held the post of assistant district attorney. He was a board member at Winthrop College from 1944 to 1956 .

On April 5, 1956, Wofford was appointed US Senator by the Democratic Party . He took over from the resigned Strom Thurmond in Washington , but only remained in Parliament until November 6, 1956. In the meantime, Thurmond had again applied for his party's nomination and won the primaries; victory in the actual election was practically assured.

Wofford then worked again as a lawyer, but returned once more to politics. From 1966 to 1972 he was a member of the South Carolina Senate , where he had changed his party affiliation and converted to Republicans .

Web links

• Thomas A. Wofford in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas A. Wofford in the database of Find a Grave (English)