Robert G. Simmons, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert G. Simmons

American politician

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1891

Place of Birth: Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1969

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Robert G. Simmons

  • Robert Glenmore Simmons (December 25, 1891 – December 27, 1969) was a Nebraska Republican politician. Simmons was born on December 25, 1891 near Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
  • He attended Hastings College from 1909 to 1911 and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1915.
  • He was admitted to the bar in 1915 and set up practice in Gering, Nebraska.
  • He was elected prosecuting attorney of Scotts Bluff County in 1916.
  • During the first World War, on October 15, 1917, he enlisted in the army.
  • He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Service on March 12, 1918 and was discharged on January 14, 1919. Simmons was elected as a Republican to the 68th through 72nd Congresses (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933) to represent Nebraska's 6th district.
  • When Nebraska lost a district, he ran and lost in the preceding new district in 1932.
  • He ran for the United States Senate in 1934 against Edward R.
  • Burke and in 1936 against George W.
  • Norris, losing both times.
  • He resumed practicing law in Lincoln, Nebraska. Simmons was elected chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska in 1938.
  • He was also a deputy judge in the administrative tribunal of the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1955.
  • While serving as Chief Justice, along with the chief justices of New Jersey, Arthur T.
  • Vanderbilt, and Missouri, Laurance M.
  • Hyde, he co-founded the Conference of Chief Justices in 1949.
  • He retired in January 1963 after twenty-four years as the chief justice of Nebraska. He returned to private law in Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • He died in Lincoln on December 27, 1969 and is interred in Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff. He was a Congregationalist, a member of the American Bar Association, a member of the Order of the Coif, a member of the American Legion, a Freemason and a Shriner.

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