Hugo S. Sims, Jr.
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Hugo Sheridan Sims, Jr. (October 14, 1921 - July 9, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Sims attended the public schools. He graduated from Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1941. He graduated from the law school of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 1947. He was in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945, commanded Company A, Five Hundred and First Parachute Infantry, One Hundred and First Airborne Division, after serving overseas 1944-1945. Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star. He was editor of the Times and Democrat, daily newspaper, Orangeburg, South Carolina from 1941 to 1942. He was a lawyer in private practice. He served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1947 to 1948.
Sims was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1950. Reentered the United States Army, 1951. He resumed the practice of law from 1951 until 1965. He served as president of Management and Investment Corporation from 1965 to 1983. He died on July 9, 2004, in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was interred in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, South Carolina.
