Rupert L. Murphy

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Rubert L. Murphy (born July 27, 1909 in Byromville , Georgia ; died January 22, 1999 in Gainesville , Florida ) was an American lawyer and government employee . He was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1955 to 1978 .

Life

Luther H. Murphy and Ardelia Woodrurf's son attended local schools. From 1925 he worked in the Atlanta Freight Tariff Bureau (Southern Freight Tariff Bureau). In 1929 he moved to Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills in Atlanta and worked in the freight department. He also studied at the Atlanta Law School and obtained his Bachelor of Laws in 1938 and his Master of Laws and Master of Letters in 1939 . In 1943 he was admitted to the US Supreme Court and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

From 1942 he worked as a transport agent for the Georgia-Alabama Textile Traffic Association and as an attorney for the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, the Cotton Manufacturers Association of Georgia, the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Association, the Tufted Textile Manufacturers Association and the National Textile Waste Exchange.

When Hugh W. Cross gave up his seat on the Interstate Commerce Commission early on November 30, 1955, Murphy was nominated as successor by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in December 1955. The member of the Democratic Party took office on December 30, 1955 and was subsequently confirmed by the US Senate on January 26, 1956 for a term until December 31, 1957. He was nominated three times (1957, 1964, 1971) for a term until December 31, 1978. In 1962 he was the rotating chairman of the agency. He resigned on August 31, 1978. During his tenure, the ICC had to approve several large mergers in the rail sector, including the mergers between the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line , between the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with the Union Pacific Railroad . His successor was Thomas A. Trantum .

Rupert L. Murphy had been married since 1931 and had one son.

Web links

  • Murphy and Bush nominations, Interstate Commerce Commission. Hearing, Eighty-ninth Congress, first session, on nominations of Rupert L. Murphy and John W. Bush to be Interstate Commerce commissioners, April 6, 1965. Washington, 1965 ( hathitrust.org [ accessed on April 24, 2019]).
  • ICC practitioners' journal. v.24 no.2 sect.2 (1956). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ICC practitioners' journal. v.23 no.5 (1956). Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 25 Jan 1999, 15 - The Atlanta Constitution at Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Murphy, Rupert L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Rubert L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and government official
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Byromville , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1999
Place of death Gainesville , Florida