James J. Murphy

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James J. Murphy (November 3, 1898 - October 19, 1962) was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Brooklyn. He was educated in the public schools of Staten Island and served as a noncommissioned officer with the First New York Cavalry on the Mexican border in 1916. During the First World War he served as a sergeant with the One Hundred and Fourth Machine Gun Battalion, Twenty-seventh Division, with service in France and Belgium, from 1918 to 1920. He engaged in the import and export shipping business in New York City since 1920, and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1953. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress and was a member of the New York City Council for the Borough of Staten Island from 1954 to 1958. He was a freight and shipping broker and resided at Grymes Hill, Staten Island until his death in 1962. His interment was in St. Peter's Cemetery.

References

James J. Murphy at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Ellsworth B. Buck	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th congressional district 1949–1953	Succeeded by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Political offices
Preceded by Albert Maniscalco	New York City Council, 17th District 1954–1958	Succeeded by Morris Stein

Persondata
Name	Murphy, James
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 3, 1898
Place of birth
Date of death	October 19, 1962
Place of death

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