James Simons Sr. (1813-1779) was a lawyer, Confederate militia officer, and state legislator in South Carolina. He served as
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives
The speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the South Carolina House of Representatives, whose main role is to ensure that general order is maintained in the house by recognizing members to speak, ensurin ...
when the Civil War began.
He was preceded as Speaker by
John Izard Middleton
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as speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives and succeeded by
R. B. Boyleston. His son
James Simons Jr.
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also became a lawyer and served as Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Simons Sr. was a Brigadier General during for a militia before the American Civil War.
He married Sarah L. Wragg and had two children: James Simons Jr. and Henrietta Simons.
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Simons wrote a "a list of articles desired" to John B. Lafitte in Nassau for purchased from the proceeds of the sale of cotton amuggled through the blockade.
James Simons Jr. (1839-1919) also became a lawyer and state legislator in South Carolina. In the 1860s they partnered at Simons & Simons."James Simons personal papers, 1875-1919"]
The South Carolina Historical Society.
References
Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Year of birth missing
Confederate States Army officers
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