Edna Oakes Simpson (October 26, 1891 – May 15, 1984) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Illinois
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, wife of
Sidney E. Simpson.
Born in
Carrollton, Illinois
Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Illinois, Greene County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,484 as of the 2010 census.
Geography
Carrollton is located in south-central Greene County at (39.296662, -90.40 ...
, Edna
Simpson was elected as a
Republican
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to the
Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961).
['Illinois Blue Book 1959,' Biographical Sketch of Edna O. Simpson, pg. 104-105]
She did not seek renomination in 1960.
She was a resident of
Carrollton, Illinois
Carrollton is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Illinois, Greene County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,484 as of the 2010 census.
Geography
Carrollton is located in south-central Greene County at (39.296662, -90.40 ...
, until her death in
Alton, Illinois
Alton ( ) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the ...
, on May 15, 1984.
See also
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Women in the United States House of Representatives
Women have served in the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber, since the 1916 election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana, the first woman in Con ...
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1891 births
1984 deaths
Female members of the United States House of Representatives
Women in Illinois politics
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American women politicians
People from Carrollton, Illinois
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