Sam Mims Jr. | |
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c. 1916 | |
Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 36th district | |
In office January 1916 –January 1920 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Marshall County, MS | November 27, 1880
Died | December 12, 1946 66) | (aged
Political party | Democrat |
Spouse | Virginia Stone (m. 1915) |
Relations | Sam Mims V (great-grandson) |
Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. (November 27, 1880 - December 12, 1946) was a Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 36th district as a Democrat, from 1916 to 1920.
Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. was born on November 27, 1880, in Chulahoma, Marshall County, Mississippi. [1] [2] He was the son of Samuel Cochran Mims and Jessie (Thompson) Mims. [1] Mims Sr. was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Marshall County. [3] [1] In 1892, his family moved to Byhalia, Mississippi. [1] Mims Jr. then graduated from the University of Mississippi. [1] He was admitted to the bar in 1909. [1] He began practicing law after that. [2] He served as the County Attorney of Marshall County from May 1910 to December 1915. [1] [4] In 1915, he was elected to the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916–1920 term, as one of the three senators representing the 36th district and the senator representing Marshall County in that district. [1] Later, he resided in Grenada, Mississippi, where he continued to practice law. [5] [6] Mims died on December 12, 1946, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grenada, Mississippi. [7]
Mims married Virginia Stone in 1915. They had a son named Samuel Cochran Mims, III. [8] Mims Jr's great-grandson, and Mims III's grandson, Sam C. Mims V, also served in the Mississippi State Legislature. [9]