Tom Dempsey (Missouri politician)

Tom Dempsey
President pro tempore of the Missouri Senate
In office
January 7, 2013 – August 7, 2015
Preceded byRobert Mayer
Succeeded byRon Richard
Missouri Senate Majority Whip
In office
January 3, 2009 – January 5, 2011
Succeeded byMike Parson
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
September 2007 – July 31, 2015
Preceded byChuck Gross
Succeeded byBill Eigel
Personal details
Born
Thomas Dwayne Dempsey

(1967-05-08) May 8, 1967 (age 57)
St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMolly Dempsey
Children3
EducationRockhurst University (BS)

Thomas Dwayne Dempsey (born May 8, 1967) is an American restaurateur and former Republican politician,[1] previously serving in the Missouri Senate as President Pro Tempore. Dempsey is now a partner at the Gate Way Group, a multi-state government relations firm based in St. Louis.

  1. ^ "Dempsey named Senate majority floor leader". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 5, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2012.