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'''Milward Lee Simpson''' (November 12, 1897 – June 10, 1993) was a [[United States Senator]] and the first [[governor]] of [[Wyoming]] to have been born in the state. In 1985, Simpson was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum] in [[Oklahoma City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/hall-of-great-westerners/ |publisher=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref>
'''Milward Lee Simpson''' (November 12, 1897 – June 10, 1993) was a [[United States Senator]] and the first [[governor]] of [[Wyoming]] to have been born in the state. In 1985, Simpson was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum] in [[Oklahoma City]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/hall-of-great-westerners/ |publisher=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref>
Simpson was born in the resort city of Jackson in Teton County in northwestern Wyoming, the son of William Lee and Margaret Burnett Simpson. He attended the public schools in, Meeteetse and Cody. In 1921, he graduated from the University of Wyoming at Laramie in Albany County, at which he was an athlete and a member of the debate team. During [[World War I]], Simpson served as a [[second lieutenant]] in the, [[United States Army]] infantry. From 1921 to 1925, he attended [[Harvard Law School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. Admitted to the bar in 1926, he practiced law in Cody until January 1955, when he became governor. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1926 to 1927.
Simpson was born in the resort city of Jackson in Teton County in northwestern Wyoming, the son of William Lee and Margaret Burnett Simpson. He attended the public schools in, Meeteetse and Cody. In 1921, he graduated from the University of Wyoming at Laramie in Albany County, at which he was an athlete and a member of the debate team. During [[World War I]], Simpson served as a second [[lieutenant]] in the, [[United States Army]] infantry. From 1921 to 1925, he attended [[Harvard Law School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. Admitted to the bar in 1926, he practiced law in Cody until January 1955, when he became governor. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1926 to 1927.
As governor he signed into law in 1957 a state [[civil rights]] act. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962 and voted against the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] because he favored state action on civil rights, instead of the national government.<ref>Billy Hathorn, Review of Dude Ranching in the Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969 by W. Hudson Kensel, South Dakota History, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 458, 460.</ref>
As governor he signed into law in 1957 a state [[civil rights]] act. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962 and voted against the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] because he favored state action on civil rights, instead of the national government.<ref>Billy Hathorn, Review of Dude Ranching in the Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915-1969 by W. Hudson Kensel, South Dakota History, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 458, 460.</ref>
His two sons, [[Peter K. Simpson]] and [[Alan Simpson]], like their father, served in the Wyoming House. Alan Simpson served three terms in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997. The sons were strongly in support of civil rights.
His two sons, [[Peter K. Simpson]] and [[Alan Simpson]], like their father, served in the Wyoming House. Alan Simpson served three terms in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1997. The sons were strongly in support of civil rights.
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