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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Hugo S. Sims, Jr. |
Address | Orangeburg, South Carolina , United States |
Email | None |
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October 14, 1921
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Died | July 09, 2004
(82 years)
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Contributor | RBH |
Last Modifed | David Oct 15, 2021 08:48pm |
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Info | Elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Orangeburg County in 1946.
SIMS, Hugo Sheridan, Jr., a Representative from South Carolina; born in Orangeburg, S.C., October 14, 1921; attended the public schools; graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., 1941; graduated from the law school of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 1947; United States Army, 1942-1945, commanded Company A, Five Hundred and First Parachute Infantry, One Hundred and First Airborne Division, after serving overseas 1944-1945; awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star; editor of the Times and Democrat, daily newspaper, Orangeburg, S.C., 1941-1942; lawyer, private practice; member of the South Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-1948; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1950; reentered the United States Army, 1951; resumed the practice of law from 1951 until 1965; president of Management and Investment Corporation, 1965-1983; died on July 9, 2004, in Orangeburg, S.C.; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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