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  Simpson, Sidney E.
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameSidney E. Simpson
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Carrollton, Illinois , United States
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Born September 20, 1894
DiedOctober 26, 1958 (64 years)
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Info (husband of Edna Oakes Simpson), a Representative from Illinois; born in Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., September 20, 1894; attended the public schools and was graduated from Carrollton High School; during the First World War served in the United States Army, with overseas service; owner of Simpson Motor Co. and Simpson Bus Co.; served as chairman of the Greene County Republican Committee; member of the executive committee of the County Chairman’s Association of Illinois; city treasurer of Carrollton, Ill., for one term; member of Carrollton Board of Education; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Eighty-third Congress); had been renominated to the Eighty-sixth Congress; died in Pittsfield, Ill., October 26, 1958; interment in Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill.

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Wife Edna O. Simpson Feb 01, 1920-Oct 26, 1958
Father Stephen Elmer Simpson 1861-1937

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  11/04/1958 IL District 20 Lost 0.39% (-54.87%)
  11/06/1956 IL District 20 Won 59.65% (+19.29%)
  11/02/1954 IL District 20 Won 62.90% (+25.81%)
  11/04/1952 IL District 20 Won 61.78% (+23.56%)
  11/07/1950 IL District 20 Won 59.30% (+18.60%)
  11/02/1948 IL District 20 Won 53.07% (+6.14%)
  11/05/1946 IL District 20 Won 58.76% (+17.52%)
  11/07/1944 IL District 20 Won 55.59% (+11.18%)
  11/03/1942 IL District 20 Won 51.00% (+2.00%)
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