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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, 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>

Simmons similarly bolstered party efforts 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>

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