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|birth_place=Cody, Park County, Wyoming

|birth_place=Cody, Park County, Wyoming

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]  

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]  

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|spouse= Lynne Alice Livingston

|children=

|children=Peter Simpson, J.r<br>

|alma_mater=Universitiy of Wyoming<br>

|alma_mater=Universitiy of Wyoming<br>

[[University of Oregon]] (Eugene)

[[University of Oregon]] (Eugene)

|branch=[[United States Navy]]}}

|branch=[[United States Navy]]}}

Simpson was born in Cody in northwestern Wyoming to subsequent Governor and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Milward L. Simpson]] and the former Lorna Kooi. His brother is former U.S. Senator [[Alan Simpson]]. Both have as their middle name the mother's maiden name "Kooi". One of Simpson's nephews is former State Representative Colin M. Simpson of Cody, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in the Republican primary election in 2010. The nomination and the election went to [[Matt Mead]], a grandson of former governor [[Clifford P. Hansen]], who has since been succeeded by [[Mark Gordon]].

Simpson was born in Cody in northwestern Wyoming to subsequent Governor and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Milward L. Simpson]] and the former Lorna Kooi. His brother is former U.S. Senator [[Alan Simpson]]. Both have as their middle name the mother's maiden name "Kooi". One of Simpson's nephews is former State Representative Colin M. Simpson of Cody, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in the Republican primary election in 2010. The nomination and the election went to [[Matt Mead]], a grandson of former governor [[Clifford P. Hansen]], who has since been succeeded by [[Mark Gordon]].

   

   

A graduate of the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Simpson lettered in basketball and earned his bachelor's degree in History in 1953. He served for four years in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=simpson/> Simpson then moved to Billings, [[Montana]], where he became involved in folk singings and had a local television program.<ref name=larboom>{{cite web|url=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2011/02/13/news/doc4d575a093f62d585775911.txt|title=Debra Thomsen, "Moving home Pete and Lynne Simpson are leaving Laramie, but not before giving the community one more production"|publisher=''Laramie Daily Boomerang'', February 11, 2011|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>  

A graduate of the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Simpson lettered in [[basketball]]l and earned his bachelor's degree in History in 1953. He served for four years in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=simpson/> Simpson then moved to Billings, [[Montana]], where he became involved in folk singings and had a local television program.<ref name=larboom>{{cite web|url=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2011/02/13/news/doc4d575a093f62d585775911.txt|title=Debra Thomsen, "Moving home Pete and Lynne Simpson are leaving Laramie, but not before giving the community one more production"|publisher=''The Laramie Daily Boomerang''|date=February 11, 2011|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref> Simpson returned to UW for his master's degree in History, which he completed in 1962. His thesis is entitled "A History of the First Wyoming Legislature".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_the_First_Wyoming_Legislature.html?id=OfjZNwAACAAJ|title=Peter K. Simpson, ''A History of the First Wyoming Legislature''|publisher=University of Wyoming thesis|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>

Simpson returned to UW for his master's degree in History, which he completed in 1962. His thesis is entitled "A History of the First Wyoming Legislature".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_the_First_Wyoming_Legislature.html?id=OfjZNwAACAAJ|title=Peter K. Simpson, ''A History of the First Wyoming Legislature''|publisher=University of Wyoming thesis|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

Simpson thereafter earned his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Oregon]] in Eugene, again in the field of History. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. In the early 1970s, Simpson returned to Wyoming to accept a position as the assistant to the President at Casper College in Casper, the state's second largest city. He then became Dean of Instruction at Sheridan College.<ref name=simpson>{{cite web|url=http://wyohof.com/?page_id=348|title=Peter K. Simpson|publisher=wyohof.com|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>

Simpson thereafter earned his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Oregon]] in Eugene, again in the field of History. He is a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. In the early 1970s, Simpson returned to Wyoming to accept a position as the assistant to the President at Casper College in Casper, the state's second largest city. He then became Dean of Instruction at Sheridan College.<ref name=simpson>{{cite web|url=http://wyohof.com/?page_id=348|title=Peter K. Simpson|publisher=wyohof.com|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>