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H.</a></b> — of El Dorado, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/BU-lived.html">Butler County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/KS.html">1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="695.81.10">Murphy, A. J.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1948, 1959. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="588.99.56">Murphy, Mrs. A. P.</a></b> — of Ottumwa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WP-lived.html">Wapello County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/IA.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="947.66.91">Murphy, Albert</a></b> — of Everett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/SN-lived.html">Snohomish County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="356.00.23">Murphy, Alexander Peter</a></b> — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 18th District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="424.08.05">Murphy, Alfred J.</a> (1868-1931)</b> — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/01-01.html">January 1, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1900-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cirjd.html">circuit judge in Michigan</a> 3rd Circuit, 1906-19, 1924-31; resigned 1919; died in office 1931; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1913; of counsel for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#134.95.99">Henry Ford</a> in libel suit against the Chicago Tribune, 1919. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/08-05.html">August 5, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 216 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Murphy and Mary (Sexton) Murphy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/06-29.html">June 29, 1903</a>, to Margaret Walburga Ducey.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Murphy, Allen</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy5.html#403.70.98">J. Allen Murphy</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="370.72.22">Murphy, Andrew</a></b> — of Ashley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ashley.html#2">Burgess of Ashley, Pennsylvania</a>, 1923. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="873.17.09">Murphy, Andrew P.</a></b> — of Chelsea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/chelsea.html">mayor of Chelsea, Mass.</a>, 1953. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="443.78.39">Murphy, Anna</a></b> — of Alliance, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/BB-lived.html">Box Butte County</a>, Neb. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NE.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="405.50.89">Murphy, Anna O'Dea</a></b> — of Scranton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LC-lived.html">Lackawanna County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/PA.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/PA.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="750.09.34">Murphy, Arold F.</a></b> — of Wisconsin. Circuit judge in Wisconsin 20th Circuit, 1954-56. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="756.67.48">Murphy, Arthur A.</a></b> — of Seattle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/KI-lived.html">King County</a>, Wash. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/WA.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="900.16.48">Murphy, Arthur B.</a></b> — of Somerville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MA.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="494.46.56">Murphy, Arthur E.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NI-lived.html">Niagara County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Niagara County 2nd District, 1923. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="396.35.35">Murphy, Arthur H.</a> (d. 1922)</b> — of Bronx, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-lived.html">Bronx County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-parties.html">chair of Bronx County Democratic Party</a>, 1913-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/NY.html">1920</a>. Died, following <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gallbladder.html">gallstone</a> surgery, in St. Vincent's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/02-06.html">February 6, 1922</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BX-buried.html#cms02862">St. Raymond's Cemetery</a>, Bronx, N.Y. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="466.39.25">Murphy, Arthur Phillips</a> (1870-1914)</b> — also known as <b>Arthur P. Murphy</b>; <b>Pat Murphy</b> — of Rolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-lived.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo. Born in Hancock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PU-born.html">Pulaski County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-10.html">December 10, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a> 16th District, 1905-07, 1909-11; defeated, 1906, 1910. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish-rite-masons.html">Scottish Rite Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in Rolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-died.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-01.html">February 1, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-buried.html#cms03075">Rolla Cemetery</a>, Rolla, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001087">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408051">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7277576">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="002.98.25">Murphy, Arthur V., Jr.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> from Hudson County, 1957. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="582.78.85">Murphy, Ashley</a></b> — of Atkinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PN-lived.html">Pender County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NC.html">1956</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="267.69.04">Murphy, Augustine F.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Westchester County 4th District, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="800.63.70">Murphy, Austin John</a> (b. 1927)</b> — also known as <b>Austin J. Murphy</b> — of Monongahela, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Pa. Born in North Charleroi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/06-17.html">June 17, 1927</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1959-70; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 46th District, 1971-77; resigned 1977; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a>, 1977-95 (22nd District 1977-93, 20th District 1993-95); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/PA.html">1984</a>. Still living as of 1998. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001088">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408052">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="381.36.25">Murphy, B. F.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Clay County, 1921. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Murphy, B. Frank</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#122.78.72">Benjamin Franklin Murphy</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="168.13.26">Murphy, B. J.</a></b> — of Kinston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/LR-lived.html">Lenoir County</a>, N.C. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/kinston.html">Mayor of Kinston, N.C.</a>; elected 2009. Still living as of 2009. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="016.03.69">Murphy, Barbara</a></b> — of Glen Ellyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/DP-lived.html">DuPage County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/IL.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="944.19.57">Murphy, Bartholomew F.</a></b> — American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 24th District, 1938. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="355.40.90">Murphy, Ben D.</a></b> — of Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ga.; Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/GA.html">1948</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="122.78.72">Murphy, Benjamin Franklin</a> (1867-1938)</b> — also known as <b>B. Frank Murphy</b> — of Steubenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio. Born in Steubenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/12-24.html">December 24, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/leather.html">Shoe store owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a> 18th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/OH.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">myocarditis</a>, in Takoma Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/03-06.html">March 6, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 72 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/JF-buried.html#cms01444">Union Cemetery</a>, Steubenville, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#370.29.47">Benjamin Franklin</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles F. Murphy and Mary E. (Beasley) Murphy; married to Mame M. Barcus.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001089">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408053">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="759.49.83">Murphy, Bernard D.</a></b> — of San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 7th District, 1869-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanjose.html">mayor of San Jose, Calif.</a>, 1873-77, 1880-82. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-buried.html#cms06220">Santa Clara Cemetery</a>, Santa Clara, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="079.32.25">Murphy, Bertram J.</a></b> — of Reading, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BE-lived.html">Berks County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/PA.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/PA.html">1952</a> (alternate). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="905.42.28">Murphy, Betty M.</a></b> — of Watsonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-lived.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/watsonville.html">Mayor of Watsonville, Calif.</a>, 1987-89. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1989. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="517.07.01">Murphy, Betty S.</a></b> — Republican. Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1975-79; chair, National Labor Relations Board, 1975-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1979. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="947.01.58">Murphy, Bill</a></b> — of West Warwick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, R.I. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/RI.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="132.59.58">Murphy, Bill</a></b> — Elected () <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 3rd District 2012. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="643.41.02">Murphy, Billy</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Clay County, 1960. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="987.89.40">Murphy, Bob</a> (born c.1950)</b> — of Stillwater, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PA-lived.html">Payne County</a>, Okla. Born about 1950. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/stsen.html">Oklahoma state senate</a> 21st District, 2008. 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