Английская Википедия:B. Frank Murphy

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Benjamin Franklin Murphy (December 24, 1867 – March 6, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1919 to 1933.

Biography

Born in Steubenville, Ohio to Charles F. Murphy and Mary E. (née Beasley) Murphy, he 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 YMCA, stationed at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1917 and 1918.

Congress

Murphy was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce (Sixty-seventh Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

Personal life

Murphy was married three times and widowed twice. His second wife, Mame M. née Barcus, died in an automobile accident in Florida in April 1929.[1] About a year later, he married a local divorcee, Marie E. (née Williams) Clerk[2][3][4] in Washington, DC. The ceremony took place at her home and was presided over by her brother-in-law, Rev. William Clews.

Death

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

Sources

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  1. ↑ "Wreck Kills Wife of Representative", The Washington Post, April 23, 1929, pg1; note: accessed via Ancestry.com archives "The Washington Post (1877-1986)"
  2. ↑ "Ohio Member and Capital Matron Wed" - unknown source of article, likely to be The Washington Post
  3. ↑ Personal notes of Julia C. Clews (Marie's niece) currently held by DK Clews
  4. ↑ Marriage License Application for B. Frank Murphy & Marie W. Clerk, #156340 in D.C., 12 June 1930. Married by Rev. William Clews on 18 Jun 1930 in DC.
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