Thomas A. Wofford

Thomas Albert Wofford
United States Senator
from South Carolina
In office
April 5, 1956  November 6, 1956
Appointed by George Bell Timmerman, Jr.
Preceded by Strom Thurmond
Succeeded by Strom Thurmond
Member of the South Carolina Senate from the 3rd District
In office
January 10, 1967 December 28, 1972
Personal details
Born (1908-09-27)September 27, 1908
Laurens County, South Carolina
Died February 25, 1978(1978-02-25) (aged 69)
Greenville, South Carolina
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Republican

Thomas Albert Wofford (September 27, 1908  February 25, 1978) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Madden Station, Laurens County, South Carolina, he attended the public schools and graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1928, and from Harvard University Law School in 1931. He was admitted to the bar in the latter year and commenced the practice of law in Greenville. He was assistant solicitor of the thirteenth judicial circuit from 1935 to 1936, and was assistant United States district attorney from 1937 to 1944. In 1947, Wofford was one of the defense attorneys in the Greenville Lynching Trial. He was a member of the board of trustees of Winthrop College from 1944 to 1956. Wofford also was a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention from South Carolina.

Wofford was appointed on April 5, 1956 as a Democrat to the US Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Strom Thurmond and served from April 5, 1956, to November 6, 1956; he was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy, and engaged in the practice of law. He was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1966 to 1972, and changed party affiliation to Republican. He resided in Greenville, and died there in 1978; interment was in Woodlawn Memorial Park.

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United States Senate
Preceded by
Strom Thurmond
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from South Carolina
April 5, 1956 November 6, 1956
Served alongside: Olin Johnston
Succeeded by
Strom Thurmond
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