Richard Franklin Simpson (March 24, 1798 – October 28, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

He began practice in Pendleton, South Carolina.

[1] He was appointed Major of the South Carolina Regiment, and took his cavalry Battalion to Florida.

After his political involvement, Simpson engaged in agricultural pursuits.

He died in Pendleton, South Carolina, October 28, 1882 and was interred in the family cemetery near that city.