Background
Simpson, Kenneth Farrand was born on May 4, 1895 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Kelly (Doctor of Medicine and Anna (Farrand) S.
Simpson, Kenneth Farrand was born on May 4, 1895 in New York, New York, United States. Son of William Kelly (Doctor of Medicine and Anna (Farrand) S.
Student Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1910-1913. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1917. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1922.
Admitted to New York bar, 1922. Associated with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 1922-1925. Assistant United State Attorneys, Southern District of New York, 1925-1927.
Member Barnes, Richardson & Halstead, 1928-1933, Hunt, Hill & Betts, 1934-1939. Senior partner Simpson, Brady & Noonan, since 1939. Chairman Republican County Committee, New York, since 1935.
Member Republican National Committee, New York State, since 1937. Republican district leader 15th Assembly District, New York County, 1933-1938. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1936.
Member of New York Republican State Committee and Republican State Executive Committee, since 1935.
Served as captain Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917-1919, with American Expeditionary Forces, 1 year.
Married Helen Louise Knickerbacker Porter, June 25, 1925. Children: William Kelly, Helen-Louise Knickerbacker, Elizabeth Carroll, Sarah Pierpont Fleurnoy.