Jerry Simpson

Jerry Simpson

Jeremiah Simpson (March 31, 1842 – October 23, 1905), nicknamed "Sockless Jerry" Simpson, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Kansas. An old-style populist, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives three times.

Read more about Jerry Simpson:  Early Life, Later Life

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    Who talks of Plato’s spindle;
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    Eternity may dwindle,
    Time is unwound,
    Dan and Jerry Lout
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    In my grandmother’s house there was always chicken soup
    And talk of the old country—mud and boards,
    Poverty,
    The snow falling down and necks of lovers.
    —Louis Simpson (b. 1923)