James Simpson Junior

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James Simpson Jr. (born January 7, 1905 in Chicago , Illinois , †  February 29, 1960 in Wadsworth , Illinois) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Simpson attended St. Paul's School in Concord ( New Hampshire ) between 1919 and 1922 and then Westminster School in Salisbury ( Connecticut ) from 1922 to 1925 . He later graduated from Harvard University . Between 1931 and his death in 1960 he was a director of the company Marshall Field & Co . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1932 congressional election , Simpson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Carl R. Chindblom on March 4, 1933 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1934, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time the first of the Federal Government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt , which Simpson's party was rather hostile to. In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Simpson owned several farms in Lake County , Illinois and Culpeper County , Virginia . During the Second World War , he served as an officer in the Marine Corps in the Pacific region from 1943 . By the time he left military service, he had made it to the position of captain. In 1953 and 1954 he was an advisor to the then Secretary of State Robert T. Stevens . James Simpson died on February 29, 1960 on his farm near Wadsworth and was buried in Chicago.

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SURNAME Simpson, James Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH February 29, 1960
Place of death near Wadsworth , Illinois