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Roscoe Conkling Simmons (view source)
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===National politics===
===National politics===
In the [[United States presidential election, 1928|1928 presidential election]], Simmons seconded the party nomination of President [[Herbert Hoover]] at the [[Republican National Convention]]<ref name=p.56/> in what was described as the biggest highlight of his career.<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221171891/roscoe-conkling-simmons Roscoe Conkling Simmons]. ''Find a Grave''. Retrieved November 20, 2021.</ref>
In the [[United States presidential election, 1932|1932 presidential election]], Simmons seconded the party nomination of President [[Herbert Hoover]] at the [[Republican National Convention]]<ref name=p.56/> in what was described as the biggest highlight of his career.<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221171891/roscoe-conkling-simmons Roscoe Conkling Simmons]. ''Find a Grave''. Retrieved November 20, 2021.</ref> However, he criticized Hoover following the president's election defeat, asserting in a speech:<ref>''Mississippi Black History Makers'', p. 57.</ref>
{{cquote|Speak Mr. President, and tell us Lincoln is not dead. Speak and say there is no higher theme than liberty. Tell us again that our president loves justice and will do it.}}
Simmons similarly bolstered party efforts and seconded the nomination of [[Alfred M. Landon]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1936|1936 presidential election]], an election cycle where the GOP accused of supposedly driving away Northern black voters.<ref name=p.56/><ref group=note>Nearly all Southern blacks were disenfranchised due to Jim Crow laws, and most were unable to register to vote until the passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].</ref>
Simmons similarly bolstered party efforts and seconded the nomination of [[Alfred M. Landon]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1936|1936 presidential election]], an election cycle where the GOP accused of supposedly driving away Northern black voters.<ref name=p.56/><ref group=note>Nearly all Southern blacks were disenfranchised due to Jim Crow laws, and most were unable to register to vote until the passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].</ref>