branch death_date birth_date term term_end alma_mater commands death_place term_start rank name resting_place predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
south carolina national guard 23 november 1937 07 may 1885 january , 1909 8 , 1907 & ndash ; february 12 march 3 , 1921 wofford college virginia polytechnic institute university of chicago company i , first infantry regiment spartanburg , south carolina september 14 , 1915 captain samuel jones nicholls spartanburg , south carolina joseph t. johnson spartanburg , south carolina democratic member spartanburg county of the south carolina house of representatives from south carolina 4th john j. mcswain samuel j. nicholls

samuel j. nicholls

samuel jones nicholls -lrb- may 7 , 1885 -- november 23 , 1937 -rrb- was a united states representative from south carolina .
he was born in spartanburg , south carolina .
he attended bingham military institute in asheville , north carolina ; wofford college , in spartanburg , south carolina ; virginia polytechnic institute in blacksburg , virginia ; and the law department of the university of chicago .
he was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice in spartanburg .
nicholls was the city attorney of spartanburg and prosecuting attorney of spartanburg county , south carolina .
he was a member of the south carolina house of representatives 1907-1908 .
he served by special appointment as circuit judge and as associate justice of the supreme court of south carolina .
he also organized and was captain for three years of company i , first regiment , south carolina national guard infantry .
nicholls was elected as a democrat to the sixty-fourth congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of joseph t. johnson .
he was reelected to the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth congresses and served from september 14 , 1915 to march 3 , 1921 and declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1920 .
he resumed the practice of law in spartanburg , south carolina until his death there on november 23 , 1937 .
he is buried in west oakwood cemetery .
