William Francis Murray

William Francis Murray

William Francis Murray (born September 7, 1881 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  September 21, 1918 there ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1914 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Murray attended his home public schools and the Boston Latin School . During the Spanish-American War of 1898 he was a corporal in the US Army . He then studied at Harvard University until 1904 . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission to the bar in 1906, he began to work in this profession in Boston. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was on the Boston City Council in 1904 and 1905; between 1907 and 1908 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . In 1910 he was a member of the governor's staff .

In the 1910 congressional election , Murray was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded John A. Keliher on March 4, 1911 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on September 28, 1914 . Since 1913 he represented there as the successor to James Michael Curley the tenth district of his state. While in Congress, the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

Murray's resignation came after his appointment as head of the Boston Postal Administration. He held this office until his death on September 21, 1918.

Web links

• William Francis Murray in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Francis Murray in the database of Find a Grave (English)