James F. Simmons

James F. Simmons

James Fowler Simmons (born September 10, 1795 in Little Compton , Rhode Island , †  July 10, 1864 in Johnston , Rhode Island) was an American politician who first belonged to the Whig Party and later to the Republican Party .

Born on a Newport County farm, Simmons attended private school in Newport and moved to Providence in 1812 . He was employed in numerous factories in Rhode Island and in neighboring Massachusetts ; In 1822 he got into Simmonsville ( New Hampshire in the production of) yarn one. In 1827 Simmons settled in Johnston, where he continued to work in the yarn industry, but also in agriculture.

From 1828 Simmons was a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island , which he was a member until 1841. That year he entered the US Senate , to which he had been elected in 1840 as a member of the Whig Party. After six years in office, he missed re-election and had to leave the Senate. During this time he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures .

In 1850, Simmons failed his attempt to return to the Senate. He moved back to Johnston and was active in his former roles. It was not until 1856 that he was re-elected Senator, this time as the Republican candidate. He took up his mandate on March 4, 1857 and resigned on August 15, 1862. This time he had been chairman of the patent committee. Simmons returned to Johnson, where he went back into manufacturing, but died in July 1864.

Web links

• James F. Simmons in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James F. Simmons in the database of Find a Grave (English)