Samuel Cochran Mims V (born April 2, 1972) is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 97th District, being first elected in 2003. He is a member of the

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party. Mims' great-grandfather,

Sam Mims Jr. Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. (November 27, 1880 - December 12, 1946) was a Mississippi state senator, representing the state's 36th district as a Democrat, from 1916 to 1920. Biography Samuel Cochran Mims, Jr. was born on November 27, 1880, in ...

, was a ( Democratic) Mississippi state senator. He was married to the former Amanda Ashley Legg at Centenary United Methodist Church in McComb on September 7, 1996. They have two daughters and one son, named Sam VI. On Tuesday, July 7, 2020 Mims, who chairs the House Public Health Committee, announced that he had tested positive for

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