Le Roy Simmons

Le Roy J. Simmons (also spelled LeRoy and Leroy) was a Democratic member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1945 to 1952. Simmons was the second African American to become a member of the Assembly, after Lucian H. Palmer, but the first to preside over it.[1] He was born on July 25, 1905, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Simmons was a salesman.[2] He died on May 8, 1973.

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  1. ^ "2005-02-15 Assembly Journal". Wisconsin Legislature. Archived from the original on 4 Oct 2018.
  2. ^ THE WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK 1950. 1950. p. 56. Retrieved 2015-08-15.


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