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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thetus W. Sims |
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Lexington, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
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April 25, 1852
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| Died | December 17, 1939
(87 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | SIMS, Thetus Willrette, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Waynesboro, Wayne County, Tenn., April 25, 1852; attended a private school at Martins Mills; moved with his parents to Savannah, Hardin County, Tenn., in 1862; attended Savannah (Tenn.) College and was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in June 1876; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Linden, Perry County, Tenn.; superintendent of public instruction for Perry County, Tenn., 1882-1884; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1921); chairman, Committee on War Claims (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law in Lexington, Henderson County, Tenn.; retired from active business pursuits in 1930 and moved to Washington, D.C., where he died December 17, 1939; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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