Nathaniel Simonds
{{Short description|American politician (1775–1850)}}
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| office = State Treasurer of Missouri
| term_start = 1821
| term_end = 1829
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| successor = James Earickson
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| birth_place = Windsor, Vermont, US
| death_place = Troy, Missouri, US
| birth_date = 1775
| death_date = April 20, {{Death year and age|1850|1775}}
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Nathaniel Simonds (1775 – April 20, 1850) was an American politician who served as the second State Treasurer of Missouri from 1821 to 1829.
Biography
Simonds was born in Windsor, Vermont in 1775, and settled in St. Charles, Missouri in February, 1801. Prior to becoming State Treasurer of Missouri, he served as Sheriff of St. Charles County, Missouri, and pursued business ventures including operating a tavern in St. Charles, and a stage and mail coach route between St. Charles and St. Louis. In September, 1821, he was appointed as the second State Treasurer of Missouri. Following his retirement as state treasurer in 1829,{{Cite news |date=1829-01-16 |title=How Nathaniel Simonds lost the office as State Treasurer 1829 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/missouri-intelligencer-and-boons-lick-a/19493933/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=Missouri Intelligencer and Boon's Lick Advertiser |pages=3}} he settled in Lincoln County, Missouri. He died in Troy, Missouri, on April 20, 1850.{{Cite web |title=Missouri State Past Treasurers - Nathaniel Simonds |url=https://www.treasurer.mo.gov/content/about-the-office/1nathaniel-simonds |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.treasurer.mo.gov |language=en}}
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Category:State treasurers of Missouri
Category:Missouri Democratic-Republicans
Category:People from St. Charles, Missouri
Category:People from Troy, Missouri
Category:People from Windsor, Vermont
Category:Politicians from Windsor County, Vermont
Category:19th-century Missouri politicians
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