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Roy E. Simpson

Nonpartisan

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CA Blue Book 1950
Date Party Office Votes Result
06-05-1946 Nonpartisan Superintendent of Public Instruction 1060682 Win
06-07-1950 Nonpartisan Superintendent of Public Instruction 1771245 Win
06-08-1954 Nonpartisan Superintendent of Public Instruction 1524142 Win
06-03-1958 Nonpartisan Superintendent of Public Instruction 1651259 Win
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: 1893 in Santa Rosa, CA
Married: Olive Shields (in 1919)
Children: Three sons
Military Service: ARMY (WWI)

1928-1933: Principal of Junior High School
1933-1937: District Superintendent of Schools at Gilroy
1937-1939: City Superintendent of Schools at Santa Cruz
1939-1945: District Superintendant, San Marino Union High School District

Source: California Blue Book (1946), (1961)