George Abel Simmons | |
Office1: | Chair of the House Judiciary Committee |
Term Start1: | March 4, 1855 |
Term End1: | March 3, 1857 |
Predecessor1: | Frederick P. Stanton |
Successor1: | George S. Houston |
Office2: | Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 16th district |
Term Start2: | March 4, 1853 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1857 |
Predecessor2: | John Wells |
Successor2: | George W. Palmer |
Office3: | Member of the New York State Assembly from Essex County |
Term Start3: | January 1, 1840 |
Term End3: | December 31, 1842 |
Predecessor3: | Gideon Hammond |
Successor3: | Samuel Shumway |
Birth Date: | 8 September 1791 |
Birth Place: | Lyme, New Hampshire |
Death Place: | Keesville, New York |
Education: | Dartmouth College |
Party: | Opposition (1855-1857) Whig (1840-1855) |
George Abel Simmons (September 8, 1791 – October 27, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Lyme, New Hampshire, Simmons attended the district school. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1816. He moved to Lansingburgh, New York, and was principal of the local academy. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Keeseville, New York. He served as member of the state assembly in 1840–1842. He served as member of the state constitutional convention in 1846.
Simmons was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Thirty-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1856. He resumed the practice of his profession in Keeseville, New York, where he died October 27, 1857. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.