tri-state flood control commission and worked together to secure federal aid for flood prevention. Property owners from the downriver parishes were compensated by the state for losses resulting from the levee cut. Two major candidates, Simpson and U.S. Representative Riley J. Wilson of Louisiana's 8th congressional district (Winn Parish), opposed Huey Long's election as governor. Long won by the largest margin in Louisiana Democratic primary history up until that time, 126,842 votes, compared to 81,747 for Wilson and 80,326 for Simpson. After his governorship, Simpson returned briefly in 1932 to his former position as secretary of the state senate. Simpson died of a heart seizure in New Orleans some two weeks after the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president. He was Methodist. He is interred at Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans. Notes References Davis, Edwin Adams (1961). Louisiana: The Pelican State. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. . "Oramel Hinckley Simpson," A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. II (1988), pp. 744–745 Robert Sobel and John Raimo, eds., Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978, Vol. 2 (1978) External links State of Louisiana – Biography Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries Democratic Party governors of Louisiana 1870 births 1932 deaths Tulane University alumni Lieutenant Governors of Louisiana Methodists from Louisiana Louisiana lawyers People from Washington, Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana alumni Tulane University Law School alumni Huey Long