What is Tom Turnipseed?
[[File:Tom Turnipseed.jpg|thumb|200px|Turnipseed in {{circa|1976}}]] '''George Thomas Turnipseed''' (August 27, 1936 – March 6, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer, politician and activist. He was a [[Democratic Party (US)|Democrat]]. From 1976 to 1980, he served as a member of the [[South Carolina Senate]] from the 8th district. Beginning in the late 1970s, he became active within the [[civil rights movement]]. Turnipseed was born in [[Mobile, Alabama]]. He married Judith Turnipseed in 1963. The couple had two children. He died on March 6, 2020 in [[Columbia, South Carolina]] of [[respiratory failure]]. He was 83.<ref>{{Cite news|work=The State|url=https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article238390113.html|title=Longtime SC political figure and progressive activist, Tom Turnipseed, dies|author=Bland, David Travis|date=March 7, 2020|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Turnipseed, Tom}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American civil rights activists]] [[Category:Lawyers from Mobile, Alabama]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in South Carolina]] [[Category:Politicians from Mobile, Alabama]] [[Category:Politicians from South Carolina]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Lawyers from South Carolina]] {{US-bio-stub}}