Papers, 1896-1940.

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Papers, 1896-1940.

Chiefly correspondence and clippings relating to the senatorial career of Simmons, especially his opposition to Al Smith in 1928 and his electoral defeat in 1930. Two of the letters are in regard to suffrage in North Carolina. Also includes a large number of obituaries (1940).

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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War veteran father, he was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bri...

Simmons, Furnifold M. (Furnifold McLendel), 1854-1940

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U.S. Senator and political leader, of North Carolina. From the description of Furnifold M. Simmons papers, 1890-1946; (bulk 1920-1929). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159069 From the description of Papers, 1896-1940. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40422013 Furnifold McLendel Simmons (1854-1940) was a U.S. Senator and political leader from North Carolina. From the guide to the Furnifold M. Simmons Papers, 1890-1946, (Davi...

United States. Congress. Senate

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