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SIMMONS, Joseph Edward, banker, born in Troy, New York, 9 September, 1841. He was graduated at Williams in 1862, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1863. After practising in Troy until the close of 1866, he abandoned the profession and removed to New York city, where he has since engaged in banking. He became a member of the Stock exchange in 1872, and was elected its president in 1884. He was re-elected in 1885, but declined a renomination in 1886. He was appointed a commissioner of education in 1881, reappointed in 1884, and again in 1887. He was unanimously elected president of the board of education in 1886, and re-elected in 1887-'8. In the latter year he was also made president of the Fourth national bank of New York city. Mr. Simmons received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Nor-with, Northfield, Vermont, in 1885.
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