Milward L. Simpson

Milward Lee Simpson ( born November 12, 1897 in Jackson, Wyoming, † June 11, 1993 in Cody, Wyoming ) was an American politician ( Republican), who served from 1955 to 1959 as governor of the state of Wyoming and those of 1962 to 1967 in the U.S. Senate represented.

Career

Simpson grew up in the Wind River Indian Reservation, then worked as a coal miner, laborer, Cowboy and semi- professional baseball player. During World War II he served as a second lieutenant of infantry. After the war he graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science, then went to the Law School of Harvard University, and in 1926 admitted to the bar in Wyoming.

He decided in 1927 to pursue a career in politics when he ran for a seat in the House of Representatives from Wyoming, and remained there until after his successful election in 1929. He was 1943-1955 President of the Board of Trustees of the University of Wyoming. He also ran unsuccessfully in 1940 for a seat in the U.S. Senate, but he was elected Governor of Wyoming in 1954. He was a critic of the federal land policy. In this regard, he urged that all state should go back to the state. Under his administration the first state department of mental state was founded. He also was built with federal approval, the first uranium mill in Wyoming. In 1958 he was defeated in his re-election attempt of John Joseph Hickey; However, he defeated this later in his candidacy for the vacant seat of U.S. Senator Edwin Keith Thomson, who died shortly after his election in 1960. Due to the effects of Parkinson Simpson sought to re-election to the Senate.

His son Alan was from 1979 to 1997 also the U.S. Senate.