Sidney Elmer Simpson was a U.S. Representative

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 from Illinois

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, husband of Edna Oakes Simpson.

Born in Carrollton, Illinois

Carrollton, Illinois

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, Simpson attended the public schools and was graduated from Carrollton High School.
During the First World War served in the United States Army

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, with overseas service.
He was owner of Simpson Motor Co. and Simpson Bus Co..
He served as chairman of the Greene County Republican Committee.
He served as member of the executive committee of the County Chairman's Association of Illinois.
City treasurer of Carrollton, Illinois

Carrollton, Illinois

Carrollton is a city in Greene County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,605 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County.-Geography:Carrollton is located at ....

, for one term.
He served as member of Carrollton Board of Education.

Simpson was elected as a Republican

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 to the Seventy-eighth

78th United States Congress

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 and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death.
He served as chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia (Eighty-third

83rd United States Congress

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 Congress).
Had been renominated to the Eighty-sixth

86th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He died in Pittsfield, Illinois

Pittsfield, Illinois

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, October 26, 1958.
He was interred in Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Illinois

Carrollton, Illinois

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