(1897-11-12)November 12, 1897 Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.
Died
June 11, 1993(1993-06-11) (aged 95) Cody, Wyoming, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Lorna Kooi Simpson
Children
Pete Simpson Alan K. Simpson
Alma mater
University of Wyoming Harvard Law School
Profession
Attorney; businessman
Military service
Branch/service
United States Army
Battles/wars
World War I
Milward Lee Simpson (November 12, 1897 – June 11, 1993) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as the 23rd Governor of Wyoming, the first born in the state. In 1985, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.[1]
Milward Lee Simpson (November 12, 1897 – June 11, 1993) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as the 23rd Governor of Wyoming, the...
Wyoming, Simpson is one of two sons of the late Governor and U.S. Senator Milward L. Simpson and Lorna (née Kooi), a native of Chicago. Pete Simpson's great-grandparents...
Senate, but lost the nomination to former State Representative MilwardSimpson. Simpson narrowly defeated Democratic former Secretary of State William...
S. Senate seat which was being vacated by the retiring Republican Milward L. Simpson. He won that election with just under 52 percent of the vote. In a...
Seeking a full term, Rogers lost in the 1954 Republican primary to MilwardSimpson. Rogers was born in Clarion, Iowa. List of governors of Wyoming Congressional...
election took place on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Republican Governor MilwardSimpson ran for re-election to a second term. He was challenged by John J....
Goldwater (AZ), Bourke B. Hickenlooper (IA), Edwin L. Mechem (NM), and MilwardSimpson (WY) voted against One year earlier, the same Congress had passed the...
finish Thomson's term. Retired. Nov 7, 1962 – Jan 3, 1967 Republican MilwardSimpson 11 88th Re-elected in 1964. 14 89th 90th 14 Elected in 1966. Jan 3...
and Hickey faced a strong challenge from former Republican Governor MilwardSimpson in a rematch of the 1958 gubernatorial election. Despite a political...
Senator Simpson may refer to: Alan Simpson (American politician) (born 1931), U.S. Senator from Wyoming from 1979 to 1997 MilwardSimpson (1897–1993)...
24, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1781. "Milward L. Simpson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023. "Simpson Is Sworn In As Governor". Casper...
either state would have executed him. He was not aware, however, that MilwardSimpson, Wyoming's governor at the time, opposed the death penalty. Starkweather...
term in office. Former State Representative Alan K. Simpson, the son of former Senator MilwardSimpson, won a contested Republican primary and faced Raymond...
Proxmire (D) ▌3. Alexander Wiley (R) ▌1. Gale W. McGee (D) ▌2. John J. Hickey (D), until November 6, 1962 ▌MilwardSimpson (R), from November 6, 1962...
Halverson Doug Chamberlain Karl Allred Kelly Tamblyn Andrea Clifford MilwardSimpson Shawn Johnson Jared Baldes Richard Brubaker Cindy Haggett Michael O'Brien...
1950 Frank A. Barrett 54,441 56.15% Won Y 1954 MilwardSimpson 56,275 50.50% Won Y 1958 MilwardSimpson 52,488 46.64% Lost N 1962 Clifford Hansen 64,970...
Wyoming was held on November 8, 1966. First-term Republican Senator MilwardSimpson, who was first elected in the 1962 special election, declined to seek...
State Senator Replaced by Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall Edward Brooke Oregon Maurine Neuberger Mark Hatfield Wyoming MilwardSimpson Clifford Hansen...
(sitting or former) 1993–1995 Succeeded by Newt V. Mills Preceded by MilwardSimpson Oldest living United States senator (sitting or former) 1993–1995 Succeeded by...
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