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William Dunlap Simpson

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Gender Male
Death134 years ago
Date of birth October 27,1823
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Laurens County
South Carolina
United States
Date of died December 26,1890
DiedColumbia
South Carolina
United States
Governor Wade Hampton III
Party Democratic Party
Battles and wars American Civil War
Education Harvard Law School
University of South Carolina
Previous positionGovernor of South Carolina (1879–1880)
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William Dunlap Simpson Life story


William Dunlap Simpson was the 78th governor of South Carolina from February 26, 1879, when the previous governor, Wade Hampton, resigned to take his seat in the U.S. Senate, until 1880. That year Simpson resigned to become Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.

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