Jeremiah Henry Murphy

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Jeremiah Henry Murphy (February 19, 1835 - December 11, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Murphy moved with his parents to Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in 1849, and to Iowa County, Iowa, in 1852. He attended the Boston public schools and Appleton (Wisconsin) University. He was graduated from the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Marengo, Iowa.

Murphy was elected alderman in 1860. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1864 and 1868. He moved to Davenport in 1867 and continued the practice of law.

Murphy was elected mayor of Davenport in 1873 and again in 1878. He served as member of the State senate 1874-1878. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress.

Murphy was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886. He lived in retirement in Washington, D.C., until his death in that city on December 11, 1893. He was interred in St. Marguerite's Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa.