Thomas Cowart Goolsby (born September 11, 1961) is a former Republican North Carolina State Senator representing New Hanover County.A graduate of The Citadel and Regimental Commander of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, Goolsby served as a Marine Corps officer after college. Governor Jim Martin appointed him Counsel to the State Crime Commission before he opened his legal practice, the Goolsby Law Firm, in Wilmington.