Edna O. Simpson

Edna Oakes Simpson (October 26, 1891 – May 15, 1984) was a U.S. representative from Illinois, wife of Sidney E. Simpson.

Born in Carrollton, Illinois, Edna Simpson was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961).'Illinois Blue Book 1959,' Biographical Sketch of Edna O. Simpson, pg. 104-105 Simpson voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1960. She did not seek renomination in 1960. She was a resident of Carrollton, Illinois, until her death in Alton, Illinois, on May 15, 1984.

See also

Women in the United States House of Representatives

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