Pete Simpson
Pete Simpson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives | |
| In office 1981–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Victor Garber |
| Succeeded by | Hardy H. Tate |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Kooi Simpson July 31, 1930 Cody, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Lynne Alice Livingston |
| Relations | Milward Simpson Alan Simpson Colin M. Simpson |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Wyoming University of Oregon |
| Profession | Historian; 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.