Milward Simpson

{{Infobox officeholder

| image name = Milward Simpson (WY).png

| caption = Simpson {{circa|1955}}

| office = United States Senator
from Wyoming

| term_start = November 6, 1962

| term_end = January 3, 1967

| predecessor = John J. Hickey

| successor = Clifford Hansen

| order2 = 23rd

| office2 = Governor of Wyoming

| term_start2 = January 3, 1955

| term_end2 = January 5, 1959

| lieutenant2 =

| predecessor2 = Clifford Joy Rogers

| successor2 = John J. Hickey

| office4 = Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives

| term4 = 1926–1927

| birth_name = Milward Lee Simpson

| birth_date = {{birth date|1897|11|12}}

| birth_place = Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|6|11|1897|11|12}}

| death_place = Cody, Wyoming, U.S.

| party = Republican

| spouse = Lorna Kooi Simpson

| children = Pete Simpson
Alan K. Simpson

| alma_mater = University of Wyoming (BA)
Harvard Law School (did not graduate)

| profession = Attorney; businessman

| branch = United States Army

| battles = World War I

}}

Milward Lee Simpson (November 12, 1897{{spaced ndash}}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.{{Sfn|"Hall of Great Westerners"}}

Early life

File:Milwardsimpson.jpg

Simpson was born in Jackson, Teton County, Wyoming, the son of Margaret Louise Burnett (maiden; 1874–1974) and W.L. "Billy" Simpson (né William Lee Simpson; 1868–1940).{{Sfn|"Simpson Papers"}} He attended public schools in Meeteetse and Cody. He graduated from Cody High School in 1916.{{Sfn|Northern Wyoming Herald, June 9,|1916|p=1}} In June 1917, at age {{age|1897|11|12|1917|06|11}}, Simpson graduated from the Tome School for Boys in Port Deposit, Maryland.{{Sfn|Simpson, February|1930|pp=476–477}} As one of fifteen graduates, he was awarded Best All-Round Athlete for his outstanding performance on the school's football, basketball, and baseball teams. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who at the time was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was the Commencement Speaker.{{Sfn|The Sun, June 12,|1917|p=3}}

During World War I, Simpson served as a second lieutenant in the infantry, United States Army.{{Sfn|"Simpson Papers"}}

= Higher education =

After the war, he attended the University of Wyoming, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1921.{{Sfn|Simpson, February|1930|pp=476–477}} In university, he was both an athlete and member of the debate team. Simpson was in the same class as W. Edwards Deming (1900–1993),{{Sfn|Wyo,|1921|p=}}{{Sfn|Wyo,|1922|p=}} credited for, among other things, launching the Total Quality Management movement. He was also in the same fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, as Glenn Parker (1898–1989),{{Sfn|Wyo,|1921|p=}}{{Sfn|Wyo,|1922|p=}} whom he appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court when he became Governor in 1955.

From 1921 to 1923 and from 1924 to 1925, he attended Harvard Law School, but did not graduate.{{Sfn|Harvard Alumni,|1926|p=784}}

= Career =

In 1924, while studying at Harvard, Simpson took over his father's law practice.{{Sfn|"Simpson Papers"}} He was admitted to the Wyoming Bar Association in 1926 and practiced law in Cody until 1955 when he became governor.{{Sfn|Park County Herald, February 3,|1926|p=4}}

Government service

Simpson served as a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives for one two-year term, from 1926 to 1927. He was a member of the board of trustees of the University of Wyoming in 1939 and president of the board from 1943 to 1954. He was a member of the National Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions and served as president of the body from 1952 to 1953.

Milward Simpson ran for the U.S. Senate against Joseph C. O'Mahoney in 1940, but was defeated 58.7% to 41.3%. Simpson was narrowly elected governor in November 1954. He defeated the Democrat William Jack, 56,275 (50.5 percent) to 55,163 (49.5 percent). Simpson was unseated after a single term in 1958, a heavily Democratic year nationally, after a single term in office by John J. Hickey of Rawlins in Carbon County, 55,070 (48.9 percent) to 52,488 (46.6 percent). He resumed his law practice in 1959.

Simpson won a special election on November 6, 1962, to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Republican Senator-elect Edwin Keith Thomson in the term ending January 3, 1967;{{Sfn|Biographical Directory,|1989; 2005}} he was not a candidate for Senate reelection in 1966 but was succeeded by outgoing Governor Clifford Hansen of Jackson. Simpson lived in Cody until his death in 1993 at the age of 95.

= Voting record and policies =

As governor, Simpson advocated for, and signed into law the Wyoming Civil Rights Act of 1957, a measure aimed at abolishing racial segregation in the state.{{Sfn|Ibach & Moore, Winter,|2001|pp=2–13}}{{Sfn|Hathorn, December|2011|pp=458–460}} However, as a U.S. Senator, Simpson was one of six Republicans – the others being Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Norris Cotton of New Hampshire, Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa, Edwin Mechem of New Mexico, and John Tower of Texas – who voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.{{Sfn|Daily Telegraph, January 21,|1994|p=21}} Simpson voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.{{Sfn|"Voting Rights Act,"|1965}}

Sports

Simpson played football, basketball, and baseball for the University of Wyoming in 1917, 1919–1920, and 1920–1921.{{Sfn|Wyoming Football,|2016|pp=224, 229, 230}} He has been chronicled as the first to simultaneously serve as captain of three intercollegiate sports at the university.{{Sfn|Crass,|2015; rev. 2017|p=}}{{Sfn|Ewig & Hert,|2012|p=90}} In 1996, Simpson was inducted into the University of Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame.{{Sfn|Wyoming Football,|2016|pp=224, 229, 230}}

Around 1921 and 1924, Simpson played semi-professional baseball in Red Lodge, Montana, and Cody.{{Sfn|Sobel & Raimo (eds.),|1978|p=1781}} One of his teammates was the subsequent Lieutenant Governor and Education Superintendent Bill Dodd of Louisiana. They became close friends.

Sports Illustrated ranks Simpson, as a multisport star, Wyoming's 28th Greatest Sports Figure of the 20th Century.{{Sfn|Sports Illustrated, December 27,|1999|pp=72–91}}

Family

On June 29, 1929, Simpson married Lorna Helen Kooi (1900–1995) in Sheridan, Wyoming. They had two sons, both of whom have the middle name "Kooi." The younger son, Alan K. Simpson, served in the Wyoming House from Park County from 1965 to 1977 and in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997. Alan Simpson was the Senate Republican Whip during the early 1990s. The older son, Peter K. Simpson, is a retired historian and administrator at the University of Wyoming, who served in the state House from 1981 to 1984 representing Sheridan County, his residence during prior work for Sheridan College. Milward Simpson's grandson (by way of Alan Simpson), Colin M. Simpson, is a former member of the Wyoming House from Cody, who lost a Republican primary for governor in 2010 to Matt Mead.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

Death

He died on June 11, 1993 at a nursing home in Cody, Wyoming from Parkinson's disease at the age of 95. He was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Cody, Wyoming.{{Cite web |last=By |date=1993-06-13 |title=MILWARD SIMPSON |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1993/06/13/milward-simpson/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=1993-06-12 |title=Milward Simpson, 95, Governor and Senator |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/12/obituaries/milward-simpson-95-governor-and-senator.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Roddam |first=Rick|date=2016-06-06 |title=Wyoming Legends: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Milward L. Simpson |url=https://kisscasper.com/wyoming-legends-the-extraordinary-life-and-career-of-milward-l-simpson/ |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=104.7 KISS FM |language=en}}

Bibliography

=Notes=

=References=

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Biographical Directory,|1989; 2005}} |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress → "Simpson, Milward Lee" |publisher=Government Publishing Office}} ({{URL|https://bioguide.congress.gov/|GPO search link}}) {{free access}} {{LCCN|2004114224}} (2005); {{ISBN|0-1607-3176-3}} (2005).

{{cite book |title=1774–1989: Via HathiTrust | series=Senate document; no. 100-34 | year=1989 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210010685962&view=1up&seq=1827 |page=1815| publisher=U.S. G.p.o. }} {{free access}}

{{cite book |title=1774–2005: Pdf via GPO website |url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222-4-19.pdf |page=1915 }} {{free access}}

{{cite book |title=1774–2005: Via Google Books (limited preview) |url={{GBurl |v9MBIctdjjkC |p=1915 |dq="simpson, milward lee"}} |page=1915 }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Crass,|2015; rev. 2017|p=}} |last1=Crass |first1=Scott M. (2015; revised September 20, 2017) |title=Statesmen and Mischief Makers: Officeholders and Their Contributions to History from Kennedy to Reagan. Chapter 10: "Sons Bennett, Simpson and Dodd Followed 60s Era Senators to Chamber" |volume=2 |publisher=Xlibris }} {{ISBN|978-1-5035-8762-5|1-5035-8762-2}}; {{OCLC|1280797180|show=all}}.

{{cite book |title=Via Google (limited Preview) |url={{GBurl |U7OGCgAAQBAJ |pg=PT127 }} }}

{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Daily Telegraph, January 21,|1994|p=21}} |last1=Daily Telegraph (The) |author-link1=The Daily Telegraph |date=January 21, 1994 |title=Obituaries" → "Milward Simpson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-obituaries-milward-s/165280536/ |type=includes portrait photo |edition=Final |location=London |issue=43103 |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com }}

{{cite book |title=Transcript, from the Vertical Files of the Paw Paw Museum |url=http://www.portdeposit.com/History/MilwardSimpson.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041101030135/http://www.portdeposit.com/History/MilwardSimpson.htm |archive-date=November 1, 2004 |location=Port Deposit, Maryland |via=Wayback Machine }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Ewig & Hert,|2012|p=90}} |last1=Ewig |first1=Rick |last2=Hert |first2=Tamsen |date=2012 |title=University of Wyoming |url={{GBurl |kIv1uaGkZokC |p=90 |dq="milward"+"simp" }} |series=The Campus History Series |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |via=Google Books (limited preview) }} {{LCCN|2012939597}}; {{ISBN|978-0-7385-9599-3|0-7385-9599-3}}; {{OCLC|805055602|show=all}}.

{{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|"Hall of Great Westerners"}} |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/hall-of-great-westerners/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=November 22, 2019}}
{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Harvard Alumni,|1926|p=784}} |date=1926 |title=Harvard Alumni Directory → "Simpson, Milward Lee" |url={{GBurl |6EtOAAAAMAAJ |p=784 |dq="simpson, milward lee"}} |publisher=Boston: The Harvard Alumni Association (publisher). Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press (printer)|page=784 |via=Google Books}} {{free access}}
{{cite journal |ref={{SfnRef|Hathorn, December|2011|pp=458–460}} |last1=Hathorn |first1=Billy Burton, PhD (born 1948) |date= December 2011 |title=Book Review → Dude Ranching in Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915–1969. By W. Hudson Kensel |journal=South Dakota History: Historic Preservation Issue |series=41 (4): 458–460 }} {{ISSN|0361-8676}} (publication); {{OCLC|5773986885}} (article).

: Book reviewed:

{{hanging indent |text={{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Kensel,|2010|p=}} |last1=Kensel |first1=William Hudson, PhD (1928–2014) |author-link1=W. Hudson Kensel |date=2010 |title=Dude Ranching in Yellowstone Country: Larry Larom and Valley Ranch, 1915–1969 |url= |type=re-printed in 2022 by the University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman, Oklahoma |publisher=Arthur H. Clark Company (University of Oklahoma Press) }} {{LCCN|2010005966}}; {{ISBN|978-0-8706-2384-4|0-8706-2384-2}}; {{OCLC|537308735|show=all}}.}}

{{cite journal |ref={{SfnRef|Ibach & Moore, Winter,|2001|pp=2–13}} |last1=Ibach |first1=Kimberly L. (EdD, 2014) |last2=Moore |first2=William Howard, PhD |date=Winter 2001 |title=The Emerging Civil Rights Movement: The 1957 Wyoming Public Accommodations Statute as a Case Study |journal=Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal |publisher=Wyoming State Historical Society |volume=73 |issue=1 |pages=2–13 }} {{LCCN|89645942}}, {{LCCN|89645944}}, {{LCCN|93641479}}, {{LCCN|sn96050293}}, {{LCCN|25004513}}, {{ISSN|0003-4991}}; {{OCLC|35913065|show=all}}.

{{cite book |title=Via Internet Archive |year=2001 |publisher=Wyoming State Historical Society |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsofwyom73142001wyom/page/n9/mode/2up }} {{free access}}

{{cite book |title=Re-Print via Wyoming Almanac blog | date=April 2, 2021 |url=https://wyomingalmanac.com/?p=910 }} {{free access}}

{{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|"Simpson Papers"}} |title=Milward Simpson Papers |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17246 |publisher=American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming }} {{OCLC|27968053}}.

{{cite book |title=Browse digitized papers |url=https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~50~50}}

{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Northern Wyoming Herald, June 9,|1916|p=1}} |last1=Northern Wyoming Herald (The) |date=June 9, 1916 |title=Commencement Exercises Display Talent of Seniors |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92066926/1916-06-09/ed-1/seq-1/ |location=Cody, Wyoming |volume=11 |issue=30 |page=1 |via=Chronicling America }} LCCN {{URL|https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92066926/|sn92066926}}.

{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|Park County Herald, February 3,|1926|p=4}} |last1=Park County Herald |date=February 3, 1926 |title=Milward L. Simpson Admitted to the Bar |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92066928/1926-02-03/ed-1/seq-4/ |location=Cody, Wyoming |volume=21 |issue=7 |page=4 |via=Chronicling America }} LCCN {{URL|https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92066928/|sn92066928}}.

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Simpson, February|1930|pp=476–477}} |last1=Simpson |first1=Milward |title=The Palm. "Simpson, Congress Pep Master – On Himself" |url=https://archive.org/details/palmofalphatauo5019alph_0/page/476/mode/2up?q=milward |type=autobiography |publisher=Alpha Tau Omega (ΑΤΩ or ATO) (publisher) |series=50 (1): 476–477 |year=1880 |via=Internet Archive (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library)}} {{free access}}
{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Sobel & Raimo (eds.),|1978|p=1781}} |editor-last1=Sobel |editor-first1=Robert (1931–1999) |editor-link1=Robert Sobel |editor-last2=Raimo |editor-first2=John |date=1978 |title=Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978 → "Simpson, Milward L. (1955–1959)" |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0004unse/page/1780/mode/2up |location=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=Meckler Books |volume=4: "Rhode Island–Wyoming" |page=1781 |isbn=9780930466008 |via=Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation) }} {{LCCN|77010435}}; {{ISBN|0-9304-6600-4}}; {{OCLC|3204818|show=all}}.
{{cite magazine |ref={{SfnRef|Sports Illustrated, December 27,|1999|pp=72–91}} |last1=Sports Illustrated |author-link=Sports Illustrated |date=January 3, 2000 |title=The Master List" (cover story). "The 50 Greatest Sports Figures of the Century From Each of the 50 States." → "Wyoming" |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/12/27/the-master-list-the-50-greatest-sports-figures-of-the-century-from-each-of-the-50-states |type=ranked 28 for Wyoming: "Milward Simpson Governor was multisport star" |volume=91 |issue=25 |pages=72–91 }} {{ISSN|0038-822X}}, {{ISSN|2169-1649}} (publication); {{OCLC|1766364|show=all}}, {{OCLC search link|317648400}} (publication); {{EBSCOhost|2615560}} (article); {{ProQuest|213301648}}, {{ProQuest|213309354}} (article) (Research Library database).
{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|The Sun, June 12,|1917|p=3}} |last1=The Sun |author-link1=The Baltimore Sun |date=June 12, 1917 |title=Tome Graduates 15 – Eight States and One Foreign Country Represented in Class – F.D. Roosevelt Speaks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-tome-graduates-15/165280560/ |location=Baltimore |volume=161 |issue=23 |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|"Voting Rights Act,"|1965}} |title="Voting Rights Act of 1965 (The)." To Pass S. 1564 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78 |via=GovTrack }} {{free access}}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Wyo,|1921|p=}} |title=Wyo (The) |url=|type=Yearbook of the University of Wyoming |series=Vol. 12 (1921). – via Internet Archive (Lyrasis, Sloan Foundation, American Heritage Center) }} {{free access}} {{OCLC|8065613|show=all}}.

{{cite book |title="Juniors" → "Milward Simpson" | year=1920 | publisher=University of Wyoming |url=https://archive.org/details/wyo12juni/page/n33/mode/2up?q=milward }}

{{cite book |title="Juniors" → "Edward Deming" | year=1920 | publisher=University of Wyoming |url=https://archive.org/details/wyo12juni/page/n35/mode/2up?q=deming }}

{{cite book |title="Alpha Tau Omega" → "Glenn Parker" | year=1920 | publisher=University of Wyoming |url=https://archive.org/details/wyo12juni/page/n195/mode/2up?q=%22glenn+parker%22 }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Wyo,|1922|p=}} |title=Wyo (The) |url=|type=Yearbook of the University of Wyoming |series=Vol. 13 (1922). – via Internet Archive (Lyrasis, Sloan Foundation, American Heritage Center) }} {{free access}}

{{cite book |title="Seniors" → "Milward Simpson" | year=1921 | publisher=University of Wyoming |url=https://archive.org/details/wyo13juni/page/60/mode/2up?q=milward }}

{{cite book |title="Seniors" → "Edward Deming" | year=1921 | publisher=University of Wyoming |url=https://archive.org/details/wyo13juni/page/56/mode/2up?q=deming }}

{{cite book |title="Juniors" → "S. Glenn Parker" | year=1921 | publisher=University of Wyoming |url=https://archive.org/details/wyo13juni/page/72/mode/2up?q=%22glenn+parker%22 }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Wyoming Football,|2016|pp=224, 229, 230}} |date=2016 |title=Wyoming – 2016 Cowboy Football |url=https://issuu.com/aander59/docs/2016_wyoming_football_media_guide__ |type=media guide |pages=224, 229, 230 |via=Issuu }} {{free access}}

=General references=

{{cite web |ref={{SfnRef|"Bob Wakefield Papers"}} |title=Bob Wakefield, Papers |url=https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv215992/ |publisher=American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming }} {{OCLC|71435216}}.

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Congressional Record, 89th Congress,|1966|p=}} |date=1966 |title=Congressional Record. "Proceedings and Debates of the 89th Congress." 2nd Session → Tributes to Milward L. Simpson of Wyoming |series=Vol. 112. Part 21. October 20, 1966, to October 22, 1966 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office}} Via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation) {{free access}} {{OCLC|1268148100}}.

{{cite book |last1=Sen. Jacob Javits |author-link1=Jacob Javits |title="Tributes to Leverett Saltonstall and Milward Simpson" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/27894/mode/2up?q=milward |pages=27894–27895 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. Everett Dirksen |author-link1=Everett Dirksen |title="Senator Milward L. Simpson" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/27894/mode/2up?q=milward |page=27895|publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. Ralph Yarborough |author-link1=Ralph Yarborough |title="Milward Simpson, Senator, Governor, Educator, Rancher, Westerner, American" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/27894/mode/2up?q=milward |pages=27895–27896 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. Thomas J. Dodd |author-link1=Thomas J. Dodd |title="Tribute to Senators Donald Russell and Milward Simpson" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/28012/mode/2up?q=milward |pages=28013–28014 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. Paul Fannin |author-link1=Paul Fannin |title="Legislative Achievements of Senator Simpson" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/28432/mode/2up?q=milward |pages=28432–28433 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. Daniel Inouye |author-link1=Daniel Inouye |title="Senator Milward L. Simpson" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/28436/mode/2up?q=milward |page=28436 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. James B. Pearson |author-link1=James B. Pearson |title="Retirement of Senator Leverett Saltonstall and Senator Milward Simpson" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/29004/mode/2up?q=milward |page=29005 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. Henry M. Jackson |author-link1=Henry M. Jackson |title="Honorable Milward L. Simpson, of Wyoming" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/29062/mode/2up?q=milward |page=29063 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |last1=Sen. William Proxmire (1905–2005) |author-link1=William Proxmire |title="Senator Milward Simpson, of Wyoming" |date=October 20, 1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_congressional-record-proceedings-and-debates_october-20-1966-october-22-1966_112/page/29062/mode/2up?q=milward |page=29111 |publisher=Superintendent of Government Documents }}

{{cite book |date=2001 |title=Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections → Part V: "Gubernatorial Elections" |url=https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0002unse/page/1376/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher=CQ Press |edition=4th |volume=2 }} via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation). {{LCCN|2001037955}}; {{ISBN|1-5680-2602-1}}; {{OCLC|47623804|show=all}}.

{{cite book |title=Chapter 29: "Governors of the States" → "Wyoming" | year=2001 |url=https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0002unse/page/1412/mode/2up?q=milward |url-access=registration |page=1413 }}

{{cite book |title=Chapter 30: "Gubernatorial General Election Returns" → "Wyoming" | year=2001 |url=https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0002unse/page/1476/mode/2up?q=milward |url-access=registration |page=1476 }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Dodd,|1991|p=}} |last1=Dodd |first1=William Joseph "Bill" |author-link1=Bill Dodd |date=1991 |title=Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana |location=Baton Rouge |publisher=Claitor's Publishing Division}} {{ISBN|978-0-8751-1932-8|0-8751-1932-8}}; {{OCLC|24234522|show=all}}.

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Wakefield,|2005|p=}} |last1=Wakefield |first=Robert Wellington, PhD (born 1939) |date=2005 |title=Milward L. Simpson: The Fiery Petrel |url= |location=Sheridan, Wyoming |publisher=Wakefield Publishing & Wellington Press }} {{ISBN|978-0-9754-8160-8|0-9754-8160-6}}; {{OCLC|1059153706|show=all}}.

External links

[https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv17246?q=00026 Milward L. Simpson papers] at the American Heritage Center{{CongBio|S000434}}
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