JOHN SIMPKINS
SIMPKINS, John, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., June 27, 1862; attended the public
schools of Yarmouth and St. Mark’s School, Southboro, Mass.; was graduated from Harvard University in 1885; served
in the State senate in 1890 and 1891; president of the Republican Club of Massachusetts in 1892 and 1893; member of
the Republican State committee 1892-1894; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses and
served from March 4, 1895, until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 27, 1898; interment in Woodside Cemetery,
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Mass.
Sources:
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell |