James William Murphy

James William Murphy (born April 17, 1858 in Platteville , Wisconsin , †  July 11, 1927 in Rochester , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1909 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Murphy attended the public schools of his home country and then, until 1873, the Platteville State Normal School . For the next five years he taught as a teacher in Grant County and Lafayette Counties . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his license to practice law, he began to work in Platteville in 1880 in this profession. Between 1887 and 1891 he served as the district attorney in Grant County. From 1904 to 1906 he was mayor of the city of Platteville.

Murphy was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1906 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Wisconsin . There he took over from Joseph W. Babcock on March 4, 1907 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Arthur W. Kopp in the elections of 1908 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1909 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, James Murphy practiced law again. He also got into the lead and zinc mine business. In 1920 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died in Rochester on July 11, 1927 and was buried in Platteville.

Web links

• James William Murphy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James William Murphy in the database of Find a Grave (English)