B. Frank Murphy

U.S. Congressperson

1867 – 1938

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Who was B. Frank Murphy?

Benjamin Franklin Murphy was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Murphy attended the public schools. He learned the glassworker's trade, and later engaged in the retail shoe business, in banking, and in the real estate business. He served as vice president of the Peoples National Bank. During the First World War, Murphy served with the Young Men's Christian Association, stationed at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1917 and 1918.

Murphy was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

Murphy resided in Washington, D.C.. He died in Takoma Park, Maryland, March 6, 1938. He was interred in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Ohio.

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Born
Dec 24, 1867
Steubenville
Also known as
  • Benjamin Franklin Murphy
Died
Mar 6, 1938
Takoma Park

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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