Furnifold McLendel Simmons

Furnifold McLendel Simmons

Furnifold McLendel Simmons (20 January 1854 - 30 April 1940) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1901 and 1931. He served as chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance from 1913 - 1919. In 1920 he was an unsuccessful contender for the Democratic Party nomination for president.

As a leader of the state Democratic Party, Simmons led the 1898-1900 White Supremacy campaigns that effectively disfranchised black voters for a half-century. From his Senate seat, he then ran a powerful, conservative political machine, using A. D. Watts "to keep the machine oiled back home," in the words of one journalist. [ [http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1139946.html News & Observer: "What the obituary didn't say" by Rob Christensen] ]

Senator Simmons refused to endorse Al Smith, the Democratic nominee for president in 1928. This, together with the Great Depression, led to Simmons being defeated in the 1930 Democratic primary by Josiah W. Bailey, who was backed by Governor O. Max Gardner.

References

* [http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/90/entry North Carolina History Project]
* [http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/1898/bios/simmons.html North Carolina Election of 1898]

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title=Oldest living U.S. Senator
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years= October 21, 1938 - April 30, 1940


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