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| Keywords: James F. Simmons - Brady-Handy.jpg Hon Jas F Simmons Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 02653 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 5176 A <P P>P P between 1855 1865 Creator Mathew Brady PD LOC-image cwpbh 02653 James Fowler Simmons September 10 1795 July 10 1864 was a United States Senator from Rhode Island Born on a farm near Little Compton he attended a private school in Newport and moved to Providence in 1812 He was employed in various manufacturing concerns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and engaged in the manufacture of yarn at Simmonsville in 1822 He moved to Johnston in 1827 and resumed the manufacture of yarns and engaged in agricultural pursuits; he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1828 to 1841 and was elected as a Whig to the U S Senate and served from March 4 1841 to March 3 1847 He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 and for election in 1850 to the United States Senate; while in the Senate he was chairman Committee on Manufactures Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and a member of the Committee on Printing Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-old-100 Photographs by Mathew Brady Simmons James F Senators of the United States from Rhode Island Simmons James F Black and white photographic portraits of men Simmons James F | ||||
