Morgan F. Murphy

Morgan F. Murphy

Morgan Francis Murphy (born April 16, 1932 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 4, 2016 there ) was an American politician . Between 1971 and 1981 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Morgan Murphy attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1955 at Northwestern University in Evanston . Between 1955 and 1957 he served in the Marine Corps . He was deployed in the Far East for a year. Between 1958 and 1961 he was an administrative clerk at the Chicago District Court. After studying law at DePaul University School of Law and being admitted to the bar in 1962, he began working in this profession in Chicago. In 1968 he represented the Association of Milkmen of Chicago during a strike. He also worked for the milk truck drivers' union. In 1969 and 1970 he worked for the local alcohol control committee. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1968 and 1972 he was a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions .

In the 1970 congressional election , Murphy was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded William T. Murphy on January 3, 1971 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1981 . From 1973 he represented the second district of his state there as the successor to Abner J. Mikva . During his time in Congress, the end of the Vietnam War and the Watergate affair fell among other things . That was also when the civil rights movement ended .

In 1980, Morgan Murphy declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He later made the headlines indirectly because his partner was convicted of criminal offenses.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morgan Murphy Jr. dies; ex-congressman had failed casino dreams

Web links

• Morgan F. Murphy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)