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Senate Years of Service: 1979-1997 Party: Republican
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SIMPSON, Alan Kooi, (son of Milward Lee Simpson),
a Senator from Wyoming; born in Denver, Denver County, Colo.,
September 2, 1931; attended Cody, Wyo. public schools; graduated, University of
Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo., 1954; graduated, University of Wyoming Law School 1958;
admitted to the Wyoming bar in 1958 and commenced practice in Cody; served in
the United States Army, Infantry 1954-1956; assistant attorney general of
Wyoming 1958-1959; city attorney, Cody, Wyo.; United States Commissioner
1959-1969; member, Wyoming house of representatives 1964-1977; elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate, November 7, 1978, for the six-year term
commencing January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed by the Governor, January 1,
1979, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Clifford P. Hansen for
the term ending January 3, 1979; reelected in 1984 and 1990 and served from
January 1, 1979, to January 3, 1997; was not a candidate for reelection in
1996; Republican whip (1985-1995); chairman, Committee on Veterans Affairs
(One Hundred Fourth Congress); visiting lecturer, Kennedy School of Government,
Shorenstein Center, and Director of the Institute of Politics 1997-2000;
commissioner, American Battle Monuments Commission 2001-; co-chairman,
Continuity in Government Commission 2002-.
BibliographySimpson, Alan K.
Right in the Old Gazoo: A Lifetime of Scrapping with the
Press. New York: William Morrow, 1997.
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