Alan Simpson’s three terms as Wyoming senator covered the Republican Party’s rejuvenation under Ronald Reagan.

“What the hell. If you don’t like the combat, get out.” Simpson’s candor made him popular with voters. He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician ...

FILE – President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Wyoming ...

Also that year he married Ann Schroll, of Greybull, Wyoming, and joined the U.S. Army, where he served in the Fifth Infantry Division and the Second Armored "Hell on Wheels" Division in Germany.

“What the hell. If you don’t like the combat, get out.” Simpson’s candor made him popular with voters. He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician ...

“What the hell. If you don’t like the combat, get out.” Simpson’s candor made him popular with voters. He also was known as a well-read, hardworking and sometimes hard-nosed politician ...