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Simmons (FURNIFOLD MCLENDEL American)

FURNIFOLD MCLENDEL, American Senator; born in Jones co., N. C., Jan. 20, 1854. He was admitted to the bar in 1875. In 1887 he was elected as a Democrat to Congress. In 1893 he became Internal Revenue collector for four districts in North Carolina, and acted as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee in six campaigns.

In 1901 he was elected to the United States Senate, and again in 1907, 1912, and 1918. From 1913 to 1920 he was chairman of the Finance Committee of the Senate.

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