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| name = Thomas Smithwick Gettys
| image name = Thomas S. Gettys.jpg
| state = South Carolina
| district = 5th
| term_start = November 3, 1964
| term_end = December 31, 1974
| preceded = Robert W. Hemphill
| succeeded = Kenneth Lamar Holland
| party = Democratic
| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|6|19}}
| birth_place = Rock Hill, South Carolina
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|6|8|1912|6|19}}
| death_place = Rock Hill, South Carolina
| spouse =
| children =
| religion =
| occupation = school administrator, lawyer
| residence =
|branch = United States Navy
|serviceyears = 1942 – 1946
| alma_mater = Clemson College
Erskine College (A.B.)
Duke University
Winthrop College
}}

Thomas Smithwick Gettys (June 19, 1912 – June 8, 2003) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Gettys was educated in the Rock Hill public schools.

He attended Clemson College.

Erskine College, A.B., 1933.

Graduate work at Duke University and Winthrop College.

He was in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946.

He was a teacher.

School administrator, Central School from 1935 to 1941.

He served as staff for United States Representative James P. Richards from 1942 to 1951.

Postmaster, Rock Hill, South Carolina from 1951 to 1954.

He was a lawyer in private practice.

Past member and chairman of the board of trustees of Rock Hill School District Three from 1953 to 1960.

Gettys was 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).

He resigned on December 31, 1974.

He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974.

He died on June 8, 2003, in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

He was interred in Neely's Creek Associate Reformed Church Cemetery, Rock Hill, South Carolina.

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9 : 1912 births|2003 deaths|Members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina|Duke University alumni|United States Navy personnel|Erskine College alumni|South Carolina Democrats|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|20th-century American politicians

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