10 Facts About Sid Simpson

Sidney Elmer Simpson was an American politician who served as a US Representative from Illinois from 1943 to 1958.

Sid Simpson served as chairman of the Greene County Republican Committee.

Sid Simpson served as member of the executive committee of the County Chairman's Association of Illinois, and as city treasurer of Carrollton for one term.

Sid Simpson served as a member of the Carrollton Board of Education.

Sid Simpson was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3,1943, until his death.

Sid Simpson served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Sid Simpson voted present on the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Sid Simpson died of a heart attack in Pittsfield, Illinois on October 26,1958.

Sid Simpson was succeeded in Congress by his wife Edna O Simpson.

Sid Simpson was interred in Carrollton City Cemetery in Carrollton, Illinois.