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Mit Simms | |
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| 2nd State Treasurer of Arizona | |
| In office 1947–1949 | |
| Governor | Sidney P. Osborn Dan Edward Garvey |
| Preceded by | J. W. Kelly |
| Succeeded by | William T. "Bill" Brooks |
| In office 1935 – January 4, 1937 | |
| Governor | Benjamin Baker Moeur |
| Preceded by | W. M. Cox |
| Succeeded by | Harry M. Moore |
| In office January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 | |
| Governor | George W. P. Hunt |
| Preceded by | Charles R. Price |
| Succeeded by | W. M. Cox |
| In office January 4, 1915 – January 1, 1917 | |
| Governor | George W. P. Hunt |
| Preceded by | David F. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | David F. Johnson |
| 2nd Secretary of State of Arizona | |
| In office January 7, 1919 – January 3, 1921 | |
| Governor | Thomas Edward Campbell |
| Preceded by | Sidney Preston Osborn |
| Succeeded by | Ernest R. Hall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Milton Speer Simms Aug. 12, 1873 Rockford, Alabama |
| Died | July 22, 1957 (aged 83) Phoenix, Arizona |
| Political party | Democratic |
Milton Speer Simms, son of Maria Louisa Speer (1845-1887) and Franklin Robert Simms (1823-1890), was born in Rockford, Alabama in 1873 and grew up there [1]. He moved to Arizona territory sometime before 1902. On 25 December 1902 he married his first wife, Lillian Mary McCabe (1881-1941). No children emerged from this marriage.
On September 12, 1910, he was elected Graham County Delegate to the Arizona Constitutional Convention. There, on December 9, 1910, he signed the Constitution of Arizona. He served as the 2nd Treasurer of Arizona for four non-consecutive terms from 1915 to 1917, from 1931 to 1933, from 1935 to 1937, and from 1947 to 1949. He also served as the 2nd Secretary of State of Arizona from 1919 to 1921 as. He then served on the Arizona Corporation Commission from 1949 to 1954, and again from 1955 to 1957.
On May 15, 1946, Simms marries Sarah Loella Wright [2].
He died on July 22, 1957, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. His body was then buried at the Safford Union Cemetery in Safford (Graham County).
References
Literature
- Goff, John S.: George W. P. Hunt and His Arizona, Socio Technical Publications, 1973, S. 279
- State of Arizona Department of State Annual Fiscal Year Report 2014, S. 8
Weblinks
- Mit Simms from the website The Political Graveyard
- Mit Simms from the website Our Campaigns
- Arizona Secretary of State – Mit Simms