Howard J. McMurray

Howard Johnstone McMurray (born March 3, 1901 in Mount Hope , Harvey County , Kansas , †  August 14, 1961 in Albuquerque , New Mexico ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1945 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Howard McMurray attended his home public schools, Bera Academy in Kentucky and high school in Madison . He then studied until 1936 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison there . He had previously worked in the insurance industry from 1923 to 1928, where he sold life insurance. From 1928 to 1935 he was in the management of several transport airlines. Between 1936 and 1942, McMurray taught political science at the University of Wisconsin.

Politically, McMurray became a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1942 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Republican Lewis D. Thill on January 3, 1943 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1944, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1945 . This was shaped by the events of the Second World War .

In 1944 and 1946 McMurray ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . In 1945 and 1946 he again gave lectures in political science at the University of Wisconsin. Between 1947 and 1949 he taught this subject at Occidental College in Los Angeles . Since 1949 he worked in the same capacity at the University of New Mexico . He worked there until his death on August 14, 1961.

Web links

• Howard J. McMurray in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Howard J. McMurray in the database of Find a Grave (English)