Simpson, Alan K.

Alan Kooi Simpson was born September 2, 1931, the son of former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator Milward Lee Simpson. He attended school in Cody, Wyoming, and graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1954. He then joined the U.S. Army and served overseas. Following his discharge in 1956, he returned to the University of Wyoming and earned his Juris Doctorate in 1958. He joined his father's law firm and practiced law in Cody for the next 18 years. During that time he also served as city attorney (1959-1969) and as assistant attorney general of Wyoming (1959).

Simpson began his political career in 1964 when he was elected to the Wyoming State Legislature. He served 13 years in the Wyoming House of Representatives. In 1978, he was elected to the U.S. Senate. While in the Senate, Simpson served as majority leader, assistant minority leader, and chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee. He also served on the Judiciary Committee and chaired its Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy, the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, the Special Committee on Aging, and the Select Committee to Investigate Undercover Operations of the FBI and the Department of Justice.

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