Arthur P. Murphy

Arthur Phillips Murphy (December 10, 1870 – February 1, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Arthur P. Murphy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 16th district
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	J. Robert Lamar
Succeeded by	J. Robert Lamar
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	J. Robert Lamar
Succeeded by	Thomas L. Rubey
Personal details
Born	December 10, 1870 Hancock, Missouri
Died	February 1, 1914 (aged 43) Rolla, Missouri
Resting place	Rolla Cemetery
Education	Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Occupation	Telegraph operator
Profession	Lawyer

Born in Hancock, Missouri, Murphy attended the public schools of Pulaski County and the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Rolla, Missouri. He became a telegraph operator and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar March 4, 1894, and commenced practice in Rolla, Missouri. Murphy was an unsuccessful candidate for election as prosecuting attorney of Pulaski County in 1898.

In 1902, Murphy was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as attorney for the Creek Nation of Indians,[1] a position he held until 1904.

Murphy was elected by Missouri's 16th congressional district as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907), early within which he sponsored a bill for Sequoyah statehood, though it was not considered.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906 to the Sixtieth Congress.

Murphy was elected to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress, and resumed the practice of law.

After a sudden death in Rolla, Missouri, on February 1, 1914, Murphy was interred in Rolla Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Arthur P. Murphy (id: M001087)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

1. Sampson, F. A., ed. (April 1914) [Digitized 2007]. "Necrology". Missouri Historical Review. VIII. Columbia, Missouri: The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 175. Retrieved January 29, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
2. Mize, Richard (2009). "Sequoyah Convention". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved January 29, 2018 – via www.okhistory.org.