Magnus K. Murray

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Magnus K. Murray (1787 – March 4, 1838), served as the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1828 to 1830 and again from 1831 to 1832.

[edit] Early life

Murray was born in Philadelphia. He attended Pennsylvania University, earning both bachelor's and master's degrees in an era when many statemen had only a grade school education.

[edit] Pittsburgh politics

Murray began politics as an understudy to area judge and political insider William Wilkins.

Under Murray's mayoral administration, the Western Terminus of the Pennsylvania Canal was completed along the Grant Street corridor of the city. Murray was the first of a handful of Pittsburgh mayors to serve two non-consecutive terms in office, having to cede control of the mayor's office to Matthew B. Lowrie from 1830 to 1831, before regaining his mayoral powers.

See also: List of Mayors of Pittsburgh

[edit] Honors

Mayor Magnus Murray is remembered in the naming of Murray Avenue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

Preceded by John M. Snowden	Mayor of Pittsburgh 1828–1830	Succeeded by Matthew Lowrie
Preceded by Matthew Lowrie	Mayor of Pittsburgh 1831–1832	Succeeded by Samuel Pettigrew