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James W. Sims

James W. Sims
Full Name: James W. Sims
Other surnames: Simms
Birth date: 1805
Death date: February 8, 1878

Terms of Service

  • Senate, 8th (2) (3) Legislature
    11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
     
  • House, 5th Legislature
    11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
     
  • House, 4th (1) Legislature
    11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
     
(1) Col. Joseph H. Burks listed as candidate for Senator; Maj. James W. Sims and Andrew J. Titus for Legislature. The Northern Standard (Clarksville, Texas), 8/2/1851, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(2) 8th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment, oath of office administered, 11/7/1859, p. 2. Senate Journal .
(3) 8th Legislature - One of 15 newcomers to the Senate, 8th Regular Session, p. 302. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, James W. Sims, age 48, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Arkansas in 1837, farmer, postoffice Clarksville, Red River County. House Journal .
  • James W. Sims, opening day roll call, 11/7/1859, p. 2; J.W. Simms, native of Tennessee, age 53, immigrated 1837, Red River county, farmer, Clarksville post office, in Senate roster, p. 604. Senate Journal . 8th R.S. November 7, 1859 8th R.S. Roster

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Census of 1850 - Jame Sims, Red River County, age 44, born circa 1806 in Tennessee, farmer.
    Census of 1860 - Jas. W. Sims, Red River County, age 56, born circa 1804 in Maine, farmer.
    Census of 1870 - James W. Sims, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, age 64, born circa 1806 in Tennessee, planter. FamilySearch . 1850 1870
    • 1860
  • Col. James Warren Sims, Sr., birth date 12/31/1805, death date 2/8/1878, burial in Robert Cemetery, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. No grave marker photo. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, Jas. W. Sims, 2/13/1878, p.3. ". . .a citizen of this Parish since 1860." Death date 2/8/1878. Louisiana Democrat .
  • James W. Sims. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 65. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.
  • James W. Sims, pp. 302, 305. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861 1990.
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