Milward Simpson
| Milward Lee Simpson | |
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| In office November 6, 1962 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | John J. Hickey |
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| Succeeded by | Clifford P. Hansen |
| In office January 3, 1955 – January 5, 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Clifford Joy Rogers |
| Succeeded by | John J. Hickey |
Wyoming State Representative
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| In office 1926–1927 | |
| Born | November 12, 1897 Jackson, Wyoming. |
| Died | June 10, 1993 (aged 95) Cody, Wyoming |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lorna Kooi Simpson |
| Children | Peter K. Simpson Alan Simpson |
| Alma mater | University of Wyoming at Laramie |
| Occupation | Attorney; Businessman |
Military Service
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
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. He was inducted in 1985 into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.[1]
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Background
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. Admitted to the bar in 1926, he practiced law in Cody until January 1955, when he became governor.
Political career
He also served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1926 to 1927.
Governor of Wyoming
As governor he signed into law in 1957 a state civil rights act.
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.[2]
Family
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.
References
- ↑ Hall of Great Westerners. National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Retrieved on November 22, 2019.
- ↑ 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.
