Semmes is a surname. Notable people with it include:
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Albert G. Semmes (1810–1883), American lawyer and politician
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Alexander Alderman Semmes (1825–1885), American Civil War Union Navy commodore
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Benedict J. Semmes, Jr. (1913–1994), United States Navy admiral
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Benedict Joseph Semmes
Benedict Joseph Semmes (November 1, 1789 – February 10, 1863) was an American politician.
Born in Charles County, Maryland, Semmes attended the rural schools and a medical college in Philadelphia. He graduated from Baltimore Medical Scho ...
(1789–1863), American politician and Maryland State Senator
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Bernard B. Semmes, a mayor of Newport News, Virginia
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Paul Jones Semmes
Paul Jones Semmes (June 4, 1815 – July 10, 1863) was a banker, businessman, and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Early life
Semmes was born at Montford's Plantation in ...
(1815–1863), a banker, businessman, and a Confederate General in the American Civil War
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Raphael Semmes
Raphael Semmes ( ; September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Until then, he had been a serving officer in the US Navy from 1826 to 1860.
During the American Civil War, Semmes wa ...
(1809–1877), an officer in both the U.S. Navy and Confederate Navy
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Stephen Semmes
Stephen William Semmes (born 26 May 1962) is the Noah Harding Professor of Mathematics at Rice University. He is known for contributions to analysis on metric spaces, as well as harmonic analysis, complex variables, partial differential equatio ...
, a Professor of Mathematics at Rice University
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Thomas J. Semmes (1824–1899), a member of the Louisiana state legislature
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T. Semmes Walmsley
Thomas Semmes Walmsley (June 10, 1889 – June 19, 1942) was the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana from July 1929 to June 1936. He is best known for his intense rivalry, reconciliation, and then resumption of hostilities with Governor Huey Pierc ...
(1889–1942), Mayor of New Orleans
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