{"id":569,"date":"2018-07-16T18:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T23:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=569"},"modified":"2021-01-07T11:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:49:49","slug":"adam-simpson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/adam-simpson\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam D. Simpson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Adam D. Simpson (Madison County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1877<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> c. 1825<br \/>\n<strong>Died:<\/strong> 1898<\/p>\n<p>A Democrat, Simpson was elected in the winter of 1876 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of <a href=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/david-jenkins\/\">David Jenkins<\/a> and took office in January 1877. He had also run for office unsuccessfully in 1875. Simpson appeared on the 1870 and 1880 census in Madison County with wife Lucy and children. He was a farmer.\u00a0 His will was in probate in July 1898.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2244\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/adam-simpson\/simpson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2244 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpson-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpson-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpson-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The American Citizen, October 14, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2246\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/adam-simpson\/simpson2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2246 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpson2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpson2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpson2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, November 22, 1876<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2252\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/adam-simpson\/simpsonwill\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2252 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpsonwill-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpsonwill-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/simpsonwill-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will of Adam Simpson, 1898<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam D. Simpson (Madison County) State House:\u00a01877 Born: c. 1825 Died: 1898 A Democrat, Simpson was elected in the winter of 1876 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David Jenkins and took office in January 1877. He had also run for office unsuccessfully in 1875. Simpson appeared on the 1870 and 1880 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/adam-simpson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Adam D. 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