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===U.S. Senate===
===U.S. Senate===
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> Simpson argued that the residents of Wyoming had a right to {{cquote|...control of our water, our wildlife, our public education, and our other natural and spiritual resources.<ref name=obituary/>}}
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> Simpson argued that the residents of Wyoming had a right to {{cquote|...control of our water, our wildlife, our public education, and our other natural and spiritual resources.<ref name=obituary/>}}
Due to [[arthritis]], Simpson resigned from his Senate seat in 1967 before the end of his first term.<ref name=obituary/>
==Family==
==Family==