| LC control no. | no2012159679 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Simpson, William Dunlap, 1823-1890 |
| Birth date | 18231027 |
| Death date | 18901226 |
| Place of birth | Laurens County, S.C. |
| Place of death | Columbia, S.C. |
| Field of activity | Law Politics |
| Affiliation | South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina Senate Confederate States House of Representatives Chief justice of South Carolina Supreme Court |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyer Politician |
| Found in | W.D. Simpson, plaintiff, versus A.J. Willard, defendant, 1880: caption title (W.D. Simpson) p. 3 (William D. Simpson) Watchman and southron, Dec. 31, 1890: p. 2 (William D. Simpson; born in Laurens County, Oct. 27, 1823; was admitted to the bar in 1846; fought with the 11th South Carolina Volunteers during the Civil War; died at his home in Columbia) Sciway, Dec. 11, 2012 SC governors (William Dunlap Simpson; lawyer; born in Laurens District, S.C., in Oct. 1823; graduated from South Carolina College in 1843; briefly attended Harvard Law School; served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1854-1856 and 1858-1860, South Carolina Senate, 1860-1863, and Confederate States House of Representatives, 1863-1865; served as South Carolina governor, 1879-1880, lieutenant governor, 1876-1879, and chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, 1880-1890; died Dec. 26, 1890) <http://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/simpson.html> |
| Associated language | eng |
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