F. M. Simmons | |
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| United States Senator from North Carolina | |
| In office March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Marion Butler |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Bailey |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | James E. O'Hara |
| Succeeded by | Henry P. Cheatham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1854 Pollocksville, North Carolina |
| Died | April 30, 1940 (aged 86) New Bern, North Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854 – April 30, 1940) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887, to March 4, 1889, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between March 4, 1901, and March 4, 1931. He served as chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1919. He was an unsuccessful contender for the 1920 Democratic Party nomination for president. Simmons was a staunch segregationist and white supremacist, and a leading perpetrator of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898.