William Pruett Sims
General Information
- Male
- June 22, 1874
- Nashville, Davidson Co., TN, USA
- April 17, 1951
- Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ, USA
- Greenwood Memorial Park, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona
Biographical Information
The following is from Jo Conners' Who's Who in Arizona (Tucson, AZ: Jo Conners, 1913), pp. 676-677:
W. P. Sims, one of Cochise County's delegation in the First State Senate of Arizona, is one of the best known dentists of the State, and has make his home in Bisbee for the past eight years. There he has built up a large practice and has become prominently identified with the interests of the city and county. Dr. Sims is a member of the State Board of Dental Examiners, on which he has served during the past five years, and two years has served as Chairman of the Board. Dr. Sims is a native of Tennessee, and was born in Nashville in 1874. His father, James Sims, was Major during the Civil War, and served under General Forest. He was educated in his native city, studied dentistry in Vanderbilt University, from which he took his degree. He then practiced in Nashville until 1905. During that time he was elected Treasurer of the Tennessee Dental Society and President of the Nashville Dental Society. In 1904 he was sent as a delegate to the Fourth International Dental Congress at St. Louis, of which he was State Chairman. Dr. Sims is Chairman of the Corporation Committee and member of the following committees in addition: Code, Enrolling and Engrossing, Finance, Municipal Corporations, Printing and Clerks, Education and Public Institutions. He is a member of the Masonic Order and Past Master of Cumberland Lodge No. 8, of Nashville. Mrs. Sims, who prior to her marriage in 1899 was Miss Mary Freeman, is a musician of ability, and one of the best known singers of the State, one of the socially prominent women of Bisbee, and a leading member of the Women's Club. They have one son, William. In order that he might give more time to his personal affairs, he recently requested that he be relieved from his duties as member of the State Board of Dental Examiners, and his resignation has been accepted. At the close of the last session of the Legislature he returned to Bisbee and resumed his practice.
Employment
| Occupation | Title | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Health Care | dentist | |
| Health Care | member, State Board of Dental Examiners |
Arizona Legislative Service
| Session | Chamber | Party | District | City | County | Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Legislature, Regular | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | ||
| 1st Legislature, 1st Special | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | ||
| 1st Legislature, 2nd Special | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | ||
| 1st Legislature, 3rd Special | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | ||
| 2nd Legislature, Regular | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | President of the Senate | |
| 2nd Legislature, 1st Special | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | President of the Senate | |
| 2nd Legislature, 2nd Special | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | President of the Senate | |
| 5th Legislature, Regular | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | ||
| 5th Legislature, 1st Special | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | ||
| 6th Legislature, Regular | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise | ||
| 7th Legislature, Regular | Senate | Democrat | Cochise - (1912-30) (1931-66 Senate) | Bisbee | Cochise |