{{Short description|American politician (1928–2003)}} {{For|the American musician|Paul Simon}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Paul Simon | image = Senator Paul Simon (cropped).jpg | caption = Official portrait, {{circa|1980s}} | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = Illinois | term_start = January 3, 1985 | term_end = January 3, 1997 | predecessor = Charles Percy | successor = Dick Durbin | office1 = Member of the<br />U.S. House of Representatives<br />from Illinois | constituency1 = {{ushr|IL|24|24th district}} (1975–1983) <br /> {{ushr|IL|22|22nd district}} (1983–1985) | term_start1 = January 3, 1975 | term_end1 = January 3, 1985 | predecessor1 = Kenneth J. Gray | successor1 = Kenneth J. Gray | office2 = 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | governor2 = Richard B. Ogilvie | term_start2 = January 13, 1969 | term_end2 = January 8, 1973 | predecessor2 = Samuel Shapiro {{small|(1968)}} | successor2 = Neil Hartigan |state_senate3 = Illinois |district3 = 47th |term_start3 = 1963 |term_end3 = 1969 |state_house4 = Illinois |district4 = 47th |term_start4 = 1955 |term_end4 = 1963 | birth_name = Paul Martin Simon | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|29}} | birth_place = Eugene, Oregon, U.S. | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2003|12|9|1928|11|29}}}} | death_place = Springfield, Illinois, U.S. | resting_place = Rowan Cemetery <br /> Makanda, Illinois, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Jeanne Hurley|1960|2000|end=died}} * {{marriage|Patricia Derge|2001}} }} | children = 2, including Sheila | education = University of Oregon<br />Dana College | allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}} | branch = {{army|United States}} | unit = Counterintelligence Corps | rank = Private First Class | service_years = 1951–1953 }} '''Paul Martin Simon''' (November 29, 1928 – December 9, 2003) was an American author and politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and in the United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he unsuccessfully ran for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
After his political career, Simon founded the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois, which was later named for him. There, he taught classes on politics, history and journalism. Simon was famous for his distinctive bow tie and horn-rimmed glasses.
==Early life and career== Simon was born in Eugene, Oregon on November 29, 1928. He was the son of Martin Paul Simon, a Lutheran minister and missionary to China,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_WsaZT-bYtkC&pg=PA1|title=The Rising of Bread for the World: An Outcry of Citizens Against Hunger|first=Arthur R.|last=Simon|date=August 29, 2009|publisher=Paulist Press|isbn=9780809146000|via=Google Books}}</ref> and Ruth Lilly (née Tolzmann) Simon, a Lutheran missionary as well. His family was of German descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/s/simon-ps.html|title=P.S.|website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>
Simon attended Concordia University, a Lutheran school in Portland.<ref name="congbio">{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000423|title=Simon, Paul Martin, (1928–2003)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=19 January 2010}}</ref> He later attended the University of Oregon and Dana College in Blair, Nebraska, but never graduated. After meeting with local Lions Club members, he borrowed $3,600 to take over the defunct ''Troy Call'' newspaper in 1948, becoming the nation's youngest editor-publisher, of the renamed ''Troy Tribune'' in Troy, Illinois, and eventually built a chain of 14 weekly newspapers. His activism against gambling, prostitution, and government corruption while at the ''Troy Tribune'' influenced the newly elected governor, Adlai Stevenson II, to take a stand on these issues, creating national exposure for Simon that later resulted in his testifying before the Kefauver Commission.<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506EEDB163CF934A35750C0A96F958260 Dark Horse in a Bow Tie] Michael Wright</ref>
In May 1951, Simon left his newspaper and enlisted in the United States Army.<ref>{{cite news |date=May 16, 1951 |title=Troy Tribune Editor Becomes Army Enlistee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85260202/simon-army/ |work=Edwardsville Intelligencer |location=Edwardsville, IL |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Simon served in West Germany during the Korean War.<ref name="Commended">{{cite news |date=August 22, 1952 |title=Wood River VFW Post Commended |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85260922/vfw-commended/ |work=The Telegraph |location=Alton, IL |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Assigned to the Counterintelligence Corps,<ref>{{cite news |date=November 19, 1952 |title=New York Times Had Long Lovejoy Story |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85261148/lovejoy-story/ |work=The Telegraph |location=Alton, IL |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> he attained the rank of private first class<ref name="Commended"/> and was discharged in June 1953.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 25, 1953 |title=Lutheran Groups Hear Paul Simon |url= |work=The Telegraph |location=Alton, IL |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==State political career==
Upon his discharge, Simon was elected to and began his political career in the Illinois House of Representatives. As a state representative, Simon was an advocate for civil rights, and once hosted an event attended by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After a primary debate with two other candidates, a newspaper account of a debate stated "the man with the bowtie did well," and he adopted his trademark bowtie and horn-rimmed glasses. In 1963, Simon was elected to the Illinois State Senate, serving until 1969. In the State Senate, Simon was part of a group of anti-machine liberal reformers called the "Kosher Nostra" that also included Anthony Scariano, Abner Mikva, and Robert E. Mann.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HR/09500HR1169lv.htm | title=Hr1169 95th General Assembly }}</ref>
In 1968, Simon was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. As a Democrat, he served with Republican governor Richard B. Ogilvie. Their bipartisan teamwork produced the state's first income tax and paved the way for the state's 1969 constitutional convention, which created the fourth and current Illinois Constitution. The Ogilvie-Simon administration was the only one in Illinois history in which the elected governor and lieutenant governor were from different political parties: The Illinois constitution now pairs the offices as running mates on a ticket. In 1972, Simon ran for the Democratic nomination for governor. Despite his longtime reputation as a political reformer, he was supported by the Cook County Democratic machine, led by Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.<ref name="nyt" /> Nevertheless, Simon lost to Dan Walker, who went on to win the general election.
==Out of office== In the years between his gubernatorial defeat and political comeback, Simon taught at Sangamon State University, where he started the Public Affairs Reporting master's degree program, and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paulsimoninstitute.siu.edu/who-are-we/who-was-paul-simon/index.php |title=Sen. Paul Simon {{!}} Paul Simon Public Policy Institute {{!}} SIU |website=paulsimoninstitute.siu.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007052447/http://paulsimoninstitute.siu.edu/who-are-we/who-was-paul-simon/index.php |archive-date=2014-10-07}}</ref>
==Rise to national prominence==
===U.S. House of Representatives=== [[File:Dr._Richard_A._Jensen_and_Sen._Paul_Simon.jpg|thumb|right|Representative Simon interviewed by college friend Richard Jensen.]] Simon resumed his political career in 1974 when he was elected to Congress from Illinois's 24th congressional district, defeating former Harrisburg mayor Val Oshel.<ref>{{cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Anne L.|title=Illinois Political Briefing|date=September 20, 1974|access-date=October 13, 2022|publisher=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library|url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0018/81556776.pdf}}</ref> He was re-elected four times. He was later redistricted to Illinois's 22nd congressional district. In 1978, Simon was the first recipient of the Foreign Language Advocacy Award, presented by the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in recognition of his service on the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies and his support for language study.<ref>{{cite web |title=The James W. Dodge Foreign Language Advocate Award |url=http://www.nectfl.org/awards-james-w-dodge-foreign-language-advocate-award |publisher=Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages |access-date=August 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821193635/http://www.nectfl.org/awards-james-w-dodge-foreign-language-advocate-award |archive-date=August 21, 2014 }}</ref> According to the ''New York Times'', Simon was never particularly popular with his House colleagues.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|last1=Rosenbaum|first1=David|title=Paul Simon, Former Senator From Illinois, Is Dead at 75|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/10/us/paul-simon-former-senator-from-illinois-is-dead-at-75.html|access-date=5 October 2014|work=New York Times|date=10 December 2003}}</ref>
===U.S. Senate===
In 1984, Simon was elected to the United States Senate, defeating three-term incumbent Charles H. Percy in an upset election and winning 50% of the vote. He won reelection to the U.S. Senate in 1990, defeating U.S. representative Lynn Morley Martin by a margin of 65–35%. While serving in the U.S. Senate, he co-authored an unsuccessful balanced budget amendment with Republican senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-joint-resolution/00041|title=S.J.Res.41 – 103rd Congress (1993–1994): A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget.|first=Paul|last=Simon|date=March 1, 1994|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref>{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?61595-1/retirement-announcement Retirement announcement by Simon, November 15, 1994], C-SPAN}} Simon gained national prominence after criticizing President George H. W. Bush during the 1992 presidential election, after Bush claimed a central role in causing the collapse of the Eastern bloc of the Soviet Union. During a speech at Chicago's Taste of Polonia, Bush had aggressively promoted the success of his own presidency and his importance as vice president in the Reagan administration's role in Eastern Europe. This was an attempt by Bush to carry Chicago's Polish community in order to win Illinois during the election. Bush's claims were roundly denounced by Simon, and Bush eventually lost the state in the general election, possibly due to Simon's remarks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB373CEB0517F1D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Chicago Sun-Times Archive Search Results|website=nl.newsbank.com}}</ref> Simon did not seek reelection in 1996.
===Presidential campaign=== {{more citations needed section|date=October 2021}} thumb|left|1988 campaign logo {{external media | width = 210px | float= right | headerimage= | video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?8465-1/codename-scarlett ''Booknotes'' interview with Jeanne Simon on ''Codename: Scarlett{{spaced ndash}}Life on the Campaign Trail by the Wife of a Presidential Candidate'', July 23, 1989], C-SPAN}} Simon sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1988. Mostly unknown outside of Illinois and in low single digits in national polls after his March 1987 announcement, Simon made a name for himself as the oldest, some thought most old-fashioned, candidate, with horn rimmed glasses and bow tie, and one who proudly associated himself with the New Deal liberalism associated with Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Simon surged ahead in Iowa in October, and was, by December, the clear front-runner in that state.
In February 1988, Simon narrowly lost the Iowa caucus to Representative Dick Gephardt of Missouri, and finished third in the New Hampshire primary the following week, with weak showings in Minnesota and South Dakota a week later. Out of money and momentum, Simon largely skipped the key Southern "Super Tuesday" primaries on March 8, concentrating on his home state a week later, where key local Democrats were running as Simon delegates on the delegate selection ballot, and wanted to attend the Democratic National Convention regardless of Simon's slim chance of winning the nomination. Simon won the Illinois primary, and decided to make a final effort in the Wisconsin primary in early April, but dropped out after he finished behind Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Tennessee Senator Albert Gore. Simon endorsed Dukakis, who won the Democratic nomination in July, with Jackson the last active challenger. To boost his campaign, Simon made an appearance on ''Saturday Night Live'' (SNL), co-hosting with musician Paul Simon (to whom he was not related).<ref>[http://www.mcleansboro.com/news/articles/04-121103.php Former Sen. Paul Simon Dies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831231611/http://www.mcleansboro.com/news/articles/04-121103.php |date=2006-08-31 }} Fox News</ref>
==Political positions== [[File:Senator Paul Simon and comedian Al Franken.jpg|thumb|right|Simon in 1992 with comedian Al Franken at the Mayflower Hotel. Franken impersonated Simon in ''Saturday Night Live'' sketches during the 1988 presidential campaign, and won a Senate seat himself in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 8, 2017 |title=Senator Al Franken looks back on his portrayal of the late Sen. Paul Simon |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/09/08/senator-al-franken-looks-back-on-his-portrayal-of-the-late-sen-paul-simon-on-snl.html |work=CNBC |location=New York, NY}}</ref>]]
===Social issues=== Simon was fiercely against obscenity and violence in the media during the 1990s, and his efforts against media violence helped lead to the adoption of the V-chip.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6408818.html?display=Breaking+News FCC Commissioners Review TV Violence Report] John Eggerton</ref> During the 1990s, Simon opposed both the Republicans' Contract with America, and President Bill Clinton's welfare reforms. He was one of 21 Senators to vote against the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=104&session=2&vote=00262|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 104th Congress – 2nd Session|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> In 1996, Simon joined thirteen other Democratic senators (including his fellow U.S. senator from Illinois, Carol Moseley Braun) in voting against the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/104-1996/s280|title=H.R. 3396 (104th): Defense of Marriage Act – Senate Vote #280 – Sep 10, 1996|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref>
===Fiscal issues=== Simon was considered a fiscal conservative who described himself as "a pay-as-you-go Democrat". As a senator, Simon helped overhaul the college student loan program to allow students and their families to borrow directly from the federal government, thus saving money by not using private banks to disburse the loans.<ref>[http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/3274&pr=press/Speeches/104_96/0930d.htm Tribute to Paul Simon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301084043/http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node%2F3274&pr=press%2FSpeeches%2F104_96%2F0930d.htm |date=2007-03-01 }} Christopher Dodd</ref>
===Foreign affairs=== Simon promoted a military response to Somalia during the George H. W. Bush administration.<ref>[http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/navy/pmi/somalia1.pdf Somalia: U.S. Intervention and Operation Restore Hope] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714010948/http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/navy/pmi/somalia1.pdf |date=2019-07-14 }} Valerie J. Lofland</ref> Simon was an outspoken critic of President Bill Clinton's response to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Simon believed that America should have acted faster, and Clinton later said his belated response was the biggest mistake of his presidency.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040718223539/http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/navy/pmi/rwanda.pdf Rwanda] Richard J. Norton</ref> Along with former Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords, Simon was retroactively praised by Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, the former Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, for actively lobbying the Clinton administration into mounting a humanitarian mission to Rwanda during the genocide. According to Dallaire's book ''Shake Hands with the Devil'', he "owe[s] a great debt of gratitude" to both senators.
===Presidency=== Simon believed modern presidents practice "followership," rather than leadership, saying, "We have been more and more leaning on opinion polls to decide what we're going to do, and you don't get leadership from polls... and not just at the Presidential level. It's happening with Senators, House members, and even state legislators sometimes, [when they] conduct polls to find out where people stand on something."<ref>[http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/10-20-00/simon.html Simon: Time to reinvent the presidency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316224021/http://www.dailyegyptian.com/fall00/10-20-00/simon.html |date=2006-03-16 }} Jason Coker</ref> Simon was a supporter of Taiwan, and opposed United States policy to isolate the island. He helped convince President Clinton to allow Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui to visit the United States.<ref>[http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/66-no1.htm Lee Teng-hui now welcome to the USA] Taiwan Communiqué</ref> He was also a longtime admirer of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, having witnessed her historic speech to a joint session of Congress as a teen and met her in person in 1995 at a Capitol Hill reception commemorating the 50th anniversary of the cessation of World War II.
==Personal life==
===Education=== Simon rose to national attention in the 1960s, due in part to his well-researched book ''Lincoln's Preparation for Greatness: The Illinois Legislative Years''. Despite being published 100 years after Abraham Lincoln's death, it was the first book to exhaustively cite original source documents from Lincoln's eight years in the General Assembly. He later went on to write more than 20 books on a wide range of topics, including interfaith marriages (he was a Lutheran and his wife, Jeanne, was a Catholic), global water shortages, United States Supreme Court nomination battles that focused heavily on his personal experiences with Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas, his autobiography, and even a well-received book on martyred abolitionist publisher Elijah Lovejoy. His final book, ''Our Culture of Pandering'', was published in October 2003, two months before his death.
After his primary defeat for governor in 1972, Simon founded the Public Affairs Reporting graduate program at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paulsimoninstitute.siu.edu/index.php|title=The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute|website=Paul Simon Public Policy Institute}}</ref> which helped launch the careers of more than 500 journalists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uis.edu/publicaffairsreporting/about/degree/|title=What You Can Do With This Degree – Public Affairs Reporting – UIS|website=www.uis.edu}}</ref> Simon, who had written four books at the time; he taught a course titled "Non-Fiction Magazine and Book Writing" at Sangamon State, and also taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1973.
Simon lived for many years in the small town of Makanda, Illinois, south of Carbondale, where he was a professor and director of the SIU Public Policy Institute. While there, he tried to foster the institute into becoming a think tank that could advance the lives of all people. Activities included going to Liberia and Croatia to monitor their elections, bringing major speakers to campus, denouncing the death penalty, trying to end the United States embargo against Cuba,<ref>[http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/special/sp020204_Cuba2.htm Open Trade Key to Changing Cuba, Sen. Simon Tells Cancun Conference] Jack Lyne</ref> fostering political courage among his students, promoting an amendment to the United States Constitution to end the electoral college, and attempting to limit the president to a single six-year term of office. During the electoral college fiasco that followed the 2000 election, Simon said: "I think if somebody gets the majority vote, they should be president. But, I don't think the system is going to be changed."
===Family=== Simon was the brother of Arthur Simon, founder of Bread for the World. On April 21, 1960, Simon married Jeanne Hurley Simon, a member of the Illinois state legislature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paulsimoninstitute.siu.edu/about/jeanne-hurley-simon.php|title = Jeanne Hurley Simon | Paul Simon Public Policy Institute | SIU}}</ref> It was the first time in Illinois history that two sitting members of the Illinois General Assembly married. She was an integral part of her husband's rise to national prominence. She later became a successful lawyer, author, and chair of National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She died in February 2000 of brain cancer.<ref>[http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2000/february2000/nclischairjeanne.cfm NCLIS Chair Jeanne Simon Dies at 77] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517025323/http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/2000/february2000/nclischairjeanne.cfm |date=2008-05-17 }} ALA</ref> Upon her death, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin delivered a tribute to Mrs. Simon on the Senate floor.<ref>[http://www.nclis.gov/about/tribute.pdf Congressional Record{{spaced ndash}}Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630143427/http://www.nclis.gov/about/tribute.pdf |date=2007-06-30 }}</ref> Their daughter, Sheila Simon, became the 46th lieutenant governor of Illinois in January, 2011. She previously served as a councilwoman in Carbondale, Illinois and was a law professor at Southern Illinois University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capitolfax.com//2010/03/27/its-official-quinnsimon-2010/|title=Capitol Fax.com – Your Illinois News Radar » *** UPDATED x1 *** It's official: Quinn/Simon 2010|website=capitolfax.com}}</ref> In May 2001, Simon remarried to Patricia Derge, the widow of former Southern Illinois University President David Derge.
===Culture=== Simon appeared on ''Saturday Night Live'' with host and singer Paul Simon (no relation) on December 19, 1987. Also on SNL, Simon was played by Al Franken who would later become a senator himself. Simon made a brief cameo appearance as himself in the 1993 political comedy film ''Dave''.
== Awards == In 1996 Simon was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership. Simon was inducted as a Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the state's highest honor) by the governor of Illinois in 1998 in the area of Government.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-18 | title = Laureates by Year – The Lincoln Academy of Illinois | website = The Lincoln Academy of Illinois | language = en-US | access-date = 2016-02-26 | archive-date = 2015-09-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204516/http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-18 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1999, Simon received The Lincoln Forum's Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelincolnforum.org/richard-nelson-current-award-of-achievement|title=Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement|website=The Lincoln Forum|accessdate=28 June 2025}}</ref>
==Death and legacy== {{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?179549-1/senator-paul-simon-funeral Funeral service for former Senator Paul Simon, December 14, 2003], C-SPAN}} Simon died in Springfield, Illinois, on December 9, 2003, at the age of 75 following heart surgery. WBBM-TV reported his death as a "massive gastric blow-out". Just four days before, despite being hospitalized and awaiting surgery, he had endorsed Howard Dean's 2004 presidential bid via a telephone conference call he conducted from his hospital bed.<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0312050318dec05,1,4214657.story?coll=chi-entertainment-utl Awaiting surgery, Simon endorses Dean] Chicago Tribune</ref> He was also an early supporter of Barack Obama's 2004 Senate bid. After Simon's death, his daughter, Sheila, made a television commercial in which she declared "Barack Obama will be a U.S. Senator in the Paul Simon tradition." The ad was considered a major reason for Obama's surprise victory in the Democratic primary. In the Senate, Obama praised Simon as a "dear friend".<ref>[http://obama.senate.gov/blog/050930-tone_truth_and_the_democratic_party/ Tone, Truth, and the Democratic Party] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216115601/http://obama.senate.gov/blog/050930-tone_truth_and_the_democratic_party/ |date=2007-02-16 }} Barack Obama</ref>
In July 2005, the Paul Simon Historical Museum was opened in Troy, Illinois, where Simon lived for 25 years. It included memorabilia from throughout his life, including the desk and camera from his days as a young editor of the ''Troy Tribune'', items from his presidential campaign, and his lieutenant governor license plates.<ref>[http://www.goedwardsville.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14889817&BRD=2291&PAG=461&dept_id=473648&rfi=6 Simon museum will open in Troy] Edwardsville Intelligencer</ref> The museum closed in June 2012 due to lack of funding.<ref>[https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/modest-paul-simon-museum-is-forced-to-shut-its-doors/article_c4b2de74-b25b-52b4-bb37-4fe0ebb02ee8.html Modest Paul Simon Museum is forced to shut its doors] St. Louis Post-Dispatch</ref> Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps is a government funding school in which was named after him. PSCJC is located in the city of Chicago in Little Village on South Kedzie Ave and is available to people between the ages of 16–24 who are looking to better themselves and create a positive future for themselves.
==Electoral history== ===Illinois House of Representatives=== {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 47th Legislative District Representative Democratic Primary, 1954<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory>{{Cite web|title=Downloadable Vote Totals |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionOperations/DownloadVoteTotals.aspx|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=2025-04-25}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 30141 | percentage = 43.42 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd "Curly" Harris (incumbent) | votes = 20,684 | percentage = 29.80 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Leland J. Kennedy (incumbent) | votes = 18,584.5 | percentage = 26.78 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 69409.5 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 47th Legislative District Representative General Election, 1954<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 68808 | percentage = 34.18 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd "Curly" Harris (incumbent) | votes = 54896.5 | percentage = 27.27 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Ralph T. Smith | votes = 38847 | percentage = 19.30 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Edward D. Groshong (incumbent) | votes = 38,762.5 | percentage = 19.25 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 201314 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Representative District Democratic Primary, 1956<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 35954.5 | percentage = 55.78 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd "Curly" Harris | votes = 23022.5 | percentage = 35.71 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Roy L. Wilimzig, Jr. | votes = 5,486 | percentage = 8.51 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 64463 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Representative District General Election, 1956<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 88250.5 | percentage = 34.81 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd "Curly" Harris | votes = 69820.5 | percentage = 27.54 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Ralph T. Smith | votes = 51248 | percentage = 20.21 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Thomas Holland | votes = 44,191.5 | percentage = 17.43 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 253510.5 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Representative District Democratic Primary, 1958<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 41578 | percentage = 45.58 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd Curly Harris (incumbent) | votes = 23481 | percentage = 25.74 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Andrew C. Gitchoff | votes = 18,512.5 | percentage = 20.29 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = William E. Parker | votes = 5,580 | percentage = 6.12 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Roy L. Wilimzig, Jr. | votes = 2,072.5 | percentage = 2.27 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 91224 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Representative District General Election, 1958<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 62836 | percentage = 37.00 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd Curly Harris (incumbent) | votes = 48524 | percentage = 28.57 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Ralph T. Smith (incumbent) | votes = 33297 | percentage = 19.61 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Everett (Doc) Haven | votes = 25,165.5 | percentage = 14.82 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 169822.5 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Representative District Democratic Primary, 1960<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 41054 | percentage = 52.98 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd (Curly) Harris (incumbent) | votes = 27999 | percentage = 36.13 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = William E. Parker | votes = 8,433.5 | percentage = 10.88 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 77486.5 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Representative District General Election, 1960<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 101428.5 | percentage = 35.32 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lloyd (Curly) Harris (incumbent) | votes = 82389.5 | percentage = 28.69 }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Ralph T. Smith (incumbent) | votes = 60217.5 | percentage = 20.97 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Robert E. Wharton | votes = 43,155 | percentage = 15.03 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 287190.5 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
===Illinois Senate=== {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 47th Legislative District Democratic Primary, 1962<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 26788 | percentage = 65.88 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Patrick S. O'Neill | votes = 13,876 | percentage = 34.12 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 40664 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 47th Legislative District General Election, 1962<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 50928 | percentage = 69.69 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Harold O. Gwillim | votes = 22,153 | percentage = 30.31 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 73081 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Legislative District Democratic Primary, 1966<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 19365 | percentage = 99.99 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1 | percentage = 0.01 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 19366 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 53rd Legislative District General Election, 1966<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 38319 | percentage = 73.61 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = John B. Moss | votes = 13,733 | percentage = 26.38 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 52052 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
===Illinois Lieutenant Governor=== {{Election box begin no change | title = 1968 Illinois Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 208910 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 4 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 208914 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = 1968 Illinois Lieutenant Governor General Election<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 2222331 | percentage = 50.87 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Robert A. Dwyer | votes = 2,125,910 | percentage = 48.66 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Socialist Labor Party | candidate = Stanley L. Prorok | votes = 20,122 | percentage = 0.46 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 2 | percentage = 0.00 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 4368365 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
===Illinois Governor=== {{Election box begin no change | title = 1972 Illinois Gubernatorial Democratic Primary<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Daniel Walker | votes = 299709 | percentage = 55.69 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 238,459 | percentage = 44.31 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 22 | percentage = 0.00 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 538190 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
===US House of Representatives=== {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 1974<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 47727 | percentage = 68.42 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Joe R. Browning | votes = 22,024 | percentage = 31.58 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 69751 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District General Election, 1974<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 108417 | percentage = 59.55 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Val Oshel | votes = 73,634 | percentage = 40.45 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 182051 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 1976<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 69977 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 69978 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District General Election, 1976<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 152344 | percentage = 67.38 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Peter G. Prineas | votes = 73,766 | percentage = 32.62 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 226110 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 1978<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 46370 | percentage = 99.99 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 3 | percentage = 0.01 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 46373 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District General Election, 1978<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 110298 | percentage = 65.63 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = John T. Anderson | votes = 57,763 | percentage = 34.37 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 168061 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 1980<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 38005 | percentage = 72.82 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Edwin Arentsen | votes = 14,183 | percentage = 27.18 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1 | percentage = 0.00 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 52189 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 24th Congressional District General Election, 1980<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 112134 | percentage = 49.12 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = John T. Anderson | votes = 110,176 | percentage = 48.26 }} {{Election box candidate no change | party = Constitution Party of Illinois | candidate = James H. Barrett | votes = 5,985 | percentage = 2.62 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 228295 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 22nd Congressional District Democratic Primary, 1982<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 46847 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 1 | percentage = 0.0 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 46848 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = Illinois's 22nd Congressional District General Election, 1982<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 123693 | percentage = 66.16 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Peter G. Prineas | votes = 63,279 | percentage = 33.84 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 186972 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
===US Senate=== {{Election box begin no change | title = 1984 United States Senate Democratic Primary in Illinois<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 556757 | percentage = 35.56 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Roland W. Burris | votes = 360,182 | percentage = 23.01 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Alex Seith | votes = 327,125 | percentage = 20.90 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Philip J. Rock | votes = 303,397 | percentage = 19.38 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Gerald M. Rose | votes = 17,985 | percentage = 1.15 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 49 | percentage = 0.00 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 1565495 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = 1984 United States Senate election in Illinois<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon | votes = 2397165 | percentage = 50.07 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Charles Percy (incumbent) | votes = 2,308,039 | percentage = 48.21 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Libertarian Party (United States) | candidate = Steve I. Givot | votes = 59,777 | percentage = 1.25 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Citizens Party (United States) | candidate = Marjorie H. Pries | votes = 12,366 | percentage = 0.26 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Socialist Workers Party (United States) | candidate = Nelson Gonzalez | votes = 4,913 | percentage = 0.10 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Communist Party USA | candidate = Ishmael Flory | votes = 4,802 | percentage = 0.10 }} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 273 | percentage = 0.01 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 4787335 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = 1990 United States Senate election in Illinois<ref name=SimonElectoralHistory /> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Paul Simon (incumbent) | votes = 2115377 | percentage = 65.07 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Republican Party (United States) | candidate = Lynn Martin | votes = 1,135,628 | percentage = 34.93 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 3251005 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
===1988 US Presidential Election=== {{Election box begin no change |title = 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55210|title=Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Feb 01, 1988|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=28 June 2025}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Michael Dukakis | votes = 9898750 | percentage = 42.47 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Jesse Jackson | votes = 6,788,991 | percentage = 29.13 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Al Gore | votes = 3,185,806 | percentage = 13.67 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Dick Gephardt | votes = 1,399,041 | percentage = 6.00 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = ''Paul M. Simon'' | votes = 1,082,960 | percentage = 4.65 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Gary Hart | votes = 415,716 | percentage = 1.78 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Unpledged | votes = 250,307 | percentage = 1.07 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Bruce Babbitt | votes = 77,780 | percentage = 0.33 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Lyndon LaRouche | votes = 70,938 | percentage = 0.30 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = David Duke | votes = 45,289 | percentage = 0.19 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = James Traficant | votes = 30,879 | percentage = 0.13 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Democratic Party (United States) | candidate = Douglas Applegate | votes = 25,068 | percentage = 0.11 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 23271525 | percentage = 100.0 }} {{Election box end}}
==Publications== {| class="wikitable" |- !Title!!Year!!ISBN!!Publisher!!Subject matter!!Comments |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?id=R9BBAAAAIAAJ Lovejoy: Martyr to Freedom]''||1964|| ||Concordia Publishing||Elijah Lovejoy|| Written for young readers; Simon later adapted this work for adult readers (see below, ''Freedom's Champion'').<ref name="PW Lovejoy">{{cite news |title=Freedom's Champion: Elijah Lovejoy |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8093-1941-1 |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Publishers Weekly |date=December 12, 1994}}</ref> |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?id=pMp2AAAAMAAJ Lincoln's Preparation for Greatness: The Illinois Legislative Years]''||1965||{{ISBN|9780252001888}}||University of Oklahoma Press||Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln|| |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YRWOQAAACAAJ A Hungry World]''||1966|| ||Concordia Publishing||World hunger|| |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?id=COWaGQAACAAJ Protestant-Catholic Marriages Can Succeed]''||1967|| ||Association Press||Interdenominational marriage||Written with Jeanne Hurley Simon |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?id=F9ikAAAACAAJ You Want to Change the World? So Change It]''||1971||{{ISBN|9780840753144}}||Thomas Nelson||Activism|| |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780061277764 The Politics of World Hunger]''||1973||{{ISBN|9780061277764}}||Harper's Magazine Press||Food politics||Written with Arthur Simon |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780826400222 The Tongue-Tied American: Confronting the Foreign Language Crisis]''||1980||{{ISBN|9780826400222}}||Continuum Publishing Company||Language education in the United States|| |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780826402028 The Once and Future Democrats: Strategies for Change]''||1982||{{ISBN|9780826402028}}||Continuum Publishing Company|| || |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780826402462 The Glass House: Politics and Morality in the Nation's Capital]''||1984||{{ISBN|9780826402462}}||Continuum Publishing Company|| || |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780826403674 Beginnings: Senator Paul Simon Speaks to Young Americans]''||1986||{{ISBN|9780826403674}}||Continuum Publishing Company|| || |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780933893184 Let's Put America Back to Work]''||1987||{{ISBN|9780933893184}}||Bonus Books|| || |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780826404282 Winners and Losers: The 1988 Race for the Presidency – One Candidate's Perspective]''||1989||{{ISBN|9780826404282}}||Continuum Publishing Company||1988 United States presidential election|| |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780915765980 Advice & Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork and the Intriguing History of the Supreme Court's Nomination Battles]''||1992||{{ISBN|9780915765980}}||National Press Books||Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, Nomination and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|| |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9781882605149 We Can Do Better: How to Save America's Future-An Open Letter to President Clinton]''||1994||{{ISBN|9781882605149}}||National Press Books|| || |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780809319404 Freedom's Champion: Elijah Lovejoy]''||1995||{{ISBN|9780809319404}}||Southern Illinois University Press||Elijah Lovejoy||Foreword by Clarence Page; Adaptation for adult readers of Simon's earlier book for young readers (see above, ''Martyr to Freedom'').<ref name="PW Lovejoy" /> |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9781565302174 The Dollar Crisis: A Blueprint to Help Rebuild the American Dream]''||1996||{{ISBN|9781565302174}}||The Summit Publishing Group|| ||Written with Ross Perot; [https://www.c-span.org/video/?72987-1/the-dollar-crisis Presentation by Simon and Perot on ''The Dollar Crisis'', June 15, 1996], C-SPAN |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9781566493499 Tapped Out: The Coming World Crisis in Water and What We Can Do About It]''||1998||{{ISBN|9781566493499}}||Welcome Rain Publishers||Water scarcity|| |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9781566251129 P.S.: The Autobiography of Paul Simon]''||1999||{{ISBN|9781566251129}}||Taylor Trade Publishing|| || |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780669467963 How to Get into Politics – and Why]''||2000||{{ISBN|9780669467963}}||Steck-Vaughn|| ||Written with Michael Dukakis |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9781570755057 Healing America: Values and Vision for the 21st Century]''||2003||{{ISBN|9781570755057}}||Orbis Books|| || |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780809325290 Our Culture of Pandering]''||2003||{{ISBN|9780809325290}}||Southern Illinois University Press|| ||''Our Culture of Pandering'' official page<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.siu.edu/~siupress/titles/s03_titles/simon_pandering.htm|title=Our Culture of Pandering | Simon|website=www.siu.edu|accessdate=28 June 2025|archive-date=2 February 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040202091739/http://www.siu.edu/~siupress/titles/s03_titles/simon_pandering.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |''[https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9780806646787 Fifty-Two Simple Ways to Make a Difference]''||2004||{{ISBN|9780806646787}}||Augsburg Fortress Publishers|| || |}
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== External links == {{commons category}} {{congbio|S000423}} Retrieved on 2008-07-20 * [http://archives.lib.siu.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=2050 Senator Paul Simon Papers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030103218/https://archives.lib.siu.edu/index.php?p=collections%2Fcontrolcard&id=2050 |date=2020-10-30 }} at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Special Collections Research Center * [http://archives.lib.siu.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=40 Jeanne Hurley Simon Papers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030112605/https://archives.lib.siu.edu/index.php?p=collections%2Fcontrolcard&id=40 |date=2020-10-30 }} at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Special Collections * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090807073829/http://www.senatorpaulsimon.org/ U.S. Senator Paul Simon Museum] * [https://paulsimoninstitute.siu.edu Paul Simon Public Policy Institute] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031211102411/http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/09/simon.obit.ap/index.html CNN obituary] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060218064546/http://www.dailyegyptian.com/PaulSimonTribute/ Paul Simon Tribute in Daily Egyptian] * {{Find a Grave|8168826|access-date=2008-07-20}} * {{C-SPAN|377}}
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