Background
SIMPSON, James Alexander was born on January 28, 1890 in McEwen, Tennessee, United States. Son of Alexander Day and Altie (Heal) Simpson.
SIMPSON, James Alexander was born on January 28, 1890 in McEwen, Tennessee, United States. Son of Alexander Day and Altie (Heal) Simpson.
Student of University Arkansas, 1905-1906, Hawkins Training School, Gallatin, Tennessee, 1907-1909. Bachelor of Laws, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1912.
1 son, Joseph Woodward. Married second, Florence Evans, April 14, 1928. Children—James Evans, Henry Evans.
Admitted to Alabama bar, 1912. Associate firm Tillman, Bradley and Morrow, Birmingham, 1912-1919. Associate with R. L. Lange, 1919, in organizing firm now named Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville.
Director, member Executive Committee Ingalls Iron Works Company, Black Diamond Coal Mining Company, Exchange Security Bank, First Alabama Bancshares Inc. Chairman Alabama Personnel Board, 1972-1973. Chairman judiciary committee Alabama House Representatives, 1927-1931.
Chairman judiciary committee Alabama Senate, 1935-1943. Chairman finance and taxation committee, Alabama Senate, 1943-1947, president pro tem, 1943-1947. Conservative Democratic candidate for United States Senate against Lister Hill, 1944.
Against John Sparkman, 1946. Trustee, Birmingham Museum Fine Arts, Lyman Ward Military Academy, SOS Foundation of Jefferson County, Ingalls Foundation, Eye Foundation, Vanderbilt University.
Served in Mexico Border Mobilization, 1916. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation. Member American, Birmingham bar associations, Alabama State Bar, Sigma Alpha Epislon, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Omega Alpha Kappa.; Clubs: Mountain Brook Country, Exchange, Redstone, Relay House, The.
Married Josephine W. Evins, June 8, 1920.; married second, Florence Evans, April. Children: James Evans, Henry Evans.
