Background
Pope, Thomas Harrington was born on July 28, 1913 in Kinards, South Carolina. Son of Thomas H. and Marie (Gary) Pope.
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The History of Newberry County South Carolina (Volume One: 1749-1860)
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Thomas Harrington Pope
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Thomas Harrington Pope, American Lawyer. Bar: South Carolina. 1938, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1962. Recipient Algernon Sydney Sullivan award Newberry College, 1976, DurantDisting. Public Svc. award South Carolina. Bar Foundation, 1983, The Compleat Lawyer award Law School, University of Southern California, 1992, University of Southern California Distinguished Alumnus, 1994.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, The Citadel, 1935; Doctor of Laws, The Citadel, 1977; Bachelor of Laws, University South Carolina., 1938; graduate, Command and General Staff College, 1951; Doctor of Laws, Newberry College, 1969.
Career
Worked at Pope and Hudgens, P.A. (Newberry, South Carolina) specializing in Appeals, Civil Litigation, Corporate and Probate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1938, South Carolina. 1962, United States. Supreme Court.
Awarded Doctor of Laws by Newberry College, 1969 and by The Citadel, 1977.
Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi.
Recipient, Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, Newberry College, 1976. Author: The History of Newberry County, Volumes I and II, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina (U.S.), 1973.
Member, House of Representatives, South Carolina (U.S.), 1937-1940, 1945-1950.
Speaker, 1949-1950. General Counsel, South Carolina (U.S.) Unemployment Compensation Commission, 1940-1941. Member, South Carolina State Ports Authority, 1957-1965.
Member, 1957 and Chairman, 1979-1982, Judicial Council of South Carolina.
Member, South Carolina Archives Commission, 1965-1975. Member, Board of Trustees: Newberry College, 1966-1975. University of the South, 1966-1970.
Member, Executive Committee, 1955-1958.
Chairman, 1956-1958; President, 1964-1965, South Carolina Bar Association. Recipient: DuRant Distinguished Public Service Award, South Carolina Bar Foundation, 1983.
Member: Newberry County (President, 1951) and American Bar Associations. South Carolina Bar; American Law Institute Life Member.
American Judicature Society.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation. John Belton O"Neall Inn of Court.
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference (Permanent Member).
Military: Lieutenant Colonel, United States. Army, 1941-1945.
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Chairman Newberry County Sesqui-Centennial Commission, 1939. Member South Carolina. House of Representatives from Newberry County, 1936-1940, 45-50, speaker, 1949-1950.
Chairman.S.C. Democratic Party, 1958-1960. Delegate at large Democratic National Convention, 1956,60. President South Carolina.
Democratic Convention, 1958, 62. Member South Carolina. Tricentennial Commission,1966-1971.
Trustee University of South, 1965-1970, Newberry College, 1965-1975. Chairman South Carolina. Foundation Indiana Colls.
Board visitors The Citadel, 1939-1940, 46. Served lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1941-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Brigadier general retired South Carolina.
National Guard; Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation, South Carolina. Bar Foundation; mem.ABA, South Carolina. Bar Association (president 1964, chairman of the executive committee 1956-1958), NewberryCounty Bar Association (president 1951), American Law Institute (life), John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court, Southern History Association, Society Colonial Wars, National Trust Historic Preservation (advisory board 1967-1972), University of Southern California Society (curator 1968-1972), South Carolina.
History Society (curator 1968-1974), Newberry County History Society (pres.1966), Mason (grand master South Carolina. 1958-1960, Albert Gallatin Mackey medal Grand Lodge South Carolina. 1965, Henry Price medal Grand Lodge Massachusetts 1960), Newberry Country Club, Palmetto Club (Columbia), Pine Tree Hunt Club (Columbia), Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Tau Omega.
Connections
Married Mary Waties Lumpkin, January 3, 1940. Children: Mary Waties (Mistress Robert H. Kennedy Junior), Thomas Harrington III, Gary Tusten.
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Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Recipient Algernon Sydney Sullivan award Newberry College, 1976, DurantDisting. Public Svc. award South Carolina. Bar Foundation, 1983, The Compleat Lawyer award Law School, University of Southern California, 1992, University of Southern California Distinguished Alumnus, 1994.Recipient Algernon Sydney Sullivan award Newberry College, 1976, DurantDisting. Public Svc. award South Carolina. Bar Foundation, 1983, The Compleat Lawyer award Law School, University of Southern California, 1992, University of Southern California Distinguished Alumnus, 1994.