Robert G. Simmons

He ran for the United States Senate in 1934 against Edward R. Burke and in 1936 against George W. Norris, losing both times.Simmons was elected chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska in 1938.He was also a deputy judge in the administrative tribunal of the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1955.He retired in January 1963 after twenty-four years as the chief justice of Nebraska.He died in Lincoln on December 27, 1969, and is interred in Fairview Cemetery, Scottsbluff.
Chief JusticeNebraskaRobert Leroy CochranCharles A. GossU.S. House of RepresentativesAugustin HumphreyScottsbluff, NebraskaLincoln, NebraskaRepublicanAlma materHastings CollegeUniversity of Nebraska–LincolnGering, NebraskaScotts Bluff Countyfirst World War72nd CongressesdistrictUnited States SenateEdward R. BurkeGeorge W. NorrisSupreme CourtInternational Labour OrganizationGenevaSwitzerlandArthur T. VanderbiltLaurance M. HydeConference of Chief JusticesCongregationalistAmerican Bar AssociationOrder of the CoifAmerican LegionFreemasonShrinerThe Political GraveyardBiographical Directory of the United States Congresspublic domain materialAugustin Reed HumphreyU.S. House of RepresentativesNebraska's 6th congressional districtNebraska Supreme CourtU.S. SenatorClass 1Hugh ButlerClass 2Kenneth S. WherryMembers of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska1st districtA. WeaverMcShaneConnellStrodeBurkettPollardMaguireReavisThorpeMoreheadLuckeyHeinkeCopelandCurtisP. WeaverBeermannCallanDenneyBereuterFortenberry2nd districtMcKeighanMercerG. HitchcockKennedyLobeckJefferisBaldrigeC. McLaughlinBuffettO'SullivanHruskaCunninghamMcCollisterCavanaughHoaglandChristensenAshford3rd districtValentineDorseyMeiklejohnMaxwellRobinsonMcCarthyStephensHowardStefanHarrisonMartinV. SmithBarrettOsborneA. Smith4th districtHainerHinshawM. McLaughlinNortonShallenbergerBinderupMillerMcGinley5th districtAndrewsSutherlandNorrisBartonJohnsonCarpenterCoffee6th districtGreeneNevilleKinkaidHumphreyAt-largeMarquettCrounseMajorsTerritoryGiddingsChapmanFergusonEstabrookP. Hitchcock