Background
SIMMONS, Furnifold McLendel was born on January 20, 1854 in Jones Company, North Carolina, United States.
politician representative senator
SIMMONS, Furnifold McLendel was born on January 20, 1854 in Jones Company, North Carolina, United States.
Wake Forest College; Duke University, B., 1873, Doctor of Laws, 1901. University of North Carolina, Doctor of Laws, 1915.
He served as chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1919. He was an unsuccessful contender for the 1920 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 political machine, using A. Doctorate. Watts "to keep the machine oiled back home," in the words of one journalist.
Senator Simmons refused to endorse First Rate (at Lloyd's) 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 West. Bailey, who was backed by Governor O. Max Gardner.
Spouse Belle Gibbs, 1881.