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Life Summary
Full name
James Fowler Simmons
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
1
Family
Davis Simmons (father), Elizabeth Cook Simmons (mother), Eliza Randall (first wife), Sarah Scott Whipple (second wife)
Occupation
Politician
Farmer or Planter
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Whig
Republican
Government
US Senate
State legislature