James William Murphy | |
State: | Wisconsin |
Term Start: | March 4, 1907 |
Term End: | March 3, 1909 |
Predecessor: | Joseph W. Babcock |
Successor: | Arthur W. Kopp |
Birth Date: | April 17, 1858 |
Birth Place: | Platteville, Wisconsin |
Death Place: | Rochester, Minnesota |
Party: | Democrat |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan Law School |
James William Murphy (April 17, 1858 – July 11, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Platteville, Wisconsin in 1858, Murphy graduated from the State Normal School (now the University of Wisconsin - Platteville) in 1873 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1880.[1] He practiced law in Platteville, and served as district attorney of Grant County, Wisconsin from 1887 to 1891. He was elected mayor of Platteville for a two-year term in 1904, and was then elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1906, defeating Joseph W. Babcock for the seat from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Murphy served one term as part of the 60th United States Congress,[1] but was defeated for reelection in 1908 by Arthur W. Kopp. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress once more, in 1920. He died in Rochester, Minnesota in 1927.[1] [2]