Arthur P. Murphy
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Arthur Phillips Murphy was a U.S. Representative
from Missouri
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Born in Hancock, Missouri, Murphy attended the public schools of Pulaski County and the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Missouri
.
He became a telegraph operator.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar March 4, 1894, and commenced practice in Rolla, Missouri
.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as prosecuting attorney of Pulaski County in 1898.
Attorney for the Creek Nation of Indians 1902-1904.
Murphy was elected as a Republican
to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress.
Murphy was elected to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Rolla, Missouri
, February 1, 1914.
He was interred in Rolla Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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Born in Hancock, Missouri, Murphy attended the public schools of Pulaski County and the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Missouri
Rolla, Missouri
Rolla is a city in Phelps County, Missouri, United States, midway between the larger cities of St. Louis and Springfield along I-44. The population in the 2010 United States Census was 19,559.It is the county seat of Phelps County...
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He became a telegraph operator.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar March 4, 1894, and commenced practice in Rolla, Missouri
Rolla, Missouri
Rolla is a city in Phelps County, Missouri, United States, midway between the larger cities of St. Louis and Springfield along I-44. The population in the 2010 United States Census was 19,559.It is the county seat of Phelps County...
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He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as prosecuting attorney of Pulaski County in 1898.
Attorney for the Creek Nation of Indians 1902-1904.
Murphy was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress.
Murphy was elected to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Rolla, Missouri
Rolla, Missouri
Rolla is a city in Phelps County, Missouri, United States, midway between the larger cities of St. Louis and Springfield along I-44. The population in the 2010 United States Census was 19,559.It is the county seat of Phelps County...
, February 1, 1914.
He was interred in Rolla Cemetery.