| 词条 | Hugo S. Sims Jr. |
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|name = Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. |image = Hugo D. Sims (South Carolina Congressman).jpg |state = South Carolina |district = {{ushr|South Carolina|2|2nd}} |term_start1 = January 3, 1949 |term_end1 = January 3, 1951 |predecessor1 = John J. Riley |successor1 = John J. Riley |office2 = Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Orangeburg County |term_start2 = January 14, 1947 |term_end2 = April 15, 1948 |birth_date = {{birth date|1921|10|14}} |birth_place = Orangeburg, South Carolina |death_date = {{death date and age|2004|7|9|1921|10|14}} |death_place = Orangeburg, South Carolina |resting_place = Orangeburg, South Carolina |party = Democratic |profession = lawyer, businessman, journalist |alma_mater = Wofford College (B.A.) University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D.) |allegiance = {{flag|United States|1942}} |branch = United States Army |serviceyears = 1942–1945, 1951 |rank = Captain |battles = Second World War |awards = Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross }} Hugo Sheridan Sims Jr. (October 14, 1921 – July 9, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Early lifeBorn in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Sims attended the public schools. He graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1941. After graduation, he was editor of the Times and Democrat, the daily newspaper of Orangeburg from 1941 to 1942. He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945, commanding Company A, 501st Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, while serving in the Second World War. During his service, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star. After the war, he graduated from the law school of the University of South Carolina in 1947 and was a lawyer in private practice. Political careerHe served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1947 to 1948. He then defeated incumbent John J. Riley for the Democratic nomination to Congress from the Second District. He was elected to the Eighty-first Congress. However, he lost the Democratic nomination to Riley in 1950, who went on to regain the Congressional seat. Later lifeSims reentered the United States Army in 1951, and then resumed the practice of law from 1951 to 1965. He served as president of the Management and Investment Corporation from 1965 to 1983. He died on July 9, 2004, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and is interred in Memorial Park Cemetery in Orangeburg. Sources{{CongBio|S000439}}External links
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