Joseph A. Sims, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph A. Sims

American lawyer

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1914

Place of Birth: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States

Date of Death: 20-May-1973

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Joseph Arthur Sims, Sr.
(July 16, 1914 - May 20, 1973), was a Democratic operative from Hammond, Louisiana, who was associated with his state's Long political faction.
As the legal advisor to Governor Earl Kemp Long, he obtained Long's discharge from the Southeast Louisiana State Hospital in Mandeville in St.
Tammany Parish, where Long had been temporarily admitted for mental health problems in a sensational series of incidents in the summer of 1959.
Long turned to Sims for help after he began to distrust his personal lawyer, Theo Cangelosi of Baton Rouge.