Background
Sims, Edwin W. was born on June 4, 1870 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Walter and Elizabeth (Knowles) Sims.
Sims, Edwin W. was born on June 4, 1870 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Son of Walter and Elizabeth (Knowles) Sims.
Academic education, Bay City, Michigan. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1894.
Admitted to bar, 1894. County attorney, Cook County, 1900-1903. Special attorney Bureau of Corporations, Washington, 1903-1905.
Solicitor Department of Commerce and Labor, 1905-1906.
Sent by President Roosevelt to investigate fur seal fisheries, Alaska, 1906. As United State Attorneys, Chicago, 1906-1911, tried the $29,000,000 Standard Oil Case.
Member advisory board Fur Seal Service, 1909. Member American, Illinois and Chicago bar associations, Michigan Society of Chicago. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Law, Forty (Chicago).
Married Charlotte Smith, February 9, 1898. Children: Mistress Charlotte Elizabeth Krupp, Mistress Helen V. McLaughlin, Frank South., Mistress Susan Knowles Coffin, Edwin West., Mistress Priscilla South. Evans.