Pete Simpson

Pete Simpson
Member of the
Wyoming House of Representatives
In office
1981–1984
Preceded byVictor Garber
Succeeded byHardy H. Tate
Personal details
Born
Peter Kooi Simpson

(1930-07-31) July 31, 1930
Cody, Wyoming, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLynne Alice Livingston
RelationsMilward Simpson
Alan Simpson
Colin M. Simpson
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Wyoming
University of Oregon
ProfessionHistorian; college and university administrator
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy

Peter Kooi Simpson Sr. (born July 31, 1930) is an American historian and politician who is a member of the Simpson political family of Wyoming. From 1981 to 1984, he was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Sheridan, where at the time he was employed in administration by the community college, Sheridan College.

In 1986, Simpson was the Wyoming Republican gubernatorial nominee. He polled 46 percent of the vote in his race against the Democrat Michael J. Sullivan of Douglas in Converse County in southeastern Wyoming.