Alexander D. Sims
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Alexander Dromgoole Sims (June 12, 1803 - November 22, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, nephew of George Coke Dromgoole.
Born near Randals Ordinary, Virginia, Sims attended the rural schools of his native county and at the age of sixteen entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1823. Read law with General Dromgoole in Brunswick County, Virginia, and later was admitted to practice. He moved to South Carolina in 1826 and settled in Darlington. Assumed charge of Darlington (South Carolina) Academy in 1827. He was admitted to the bar of South Carolina in 1829 and practiced in Darlington. He also engaged in literary pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1840-1843.
Sims was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1845, until his death. Had been reelected in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress. He died in Kingstree, South Carolina, November 22, 1848. He was interred in First Baptist Cemetery, Darlington, South Carolina.
