Frank Murphy
| Frank Murphy | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office January 18, 1940 – July 19, 1949 |
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| Nominated by | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Pierce Butler |
| Succeeded by | Tom Clark |
| 56th United States Attorney General | |
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In office January 2, 1939 – January 18, 1940 |
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| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Homer Cummings |
| Succeeded by | Robert Jackson |
| 35th Governor of Michigan | |
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In office January 1, 1937 – January 1, 1939 |
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| Lieutenant | Leo Nowicki |
| Preceded by | Frank Fitzgerald |
| Succeeded by | Frank Fitzgerald |
| 1st High Commissioner to the Philippines | |
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In office November 15, 1935 – December 31, 1936 |
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| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Weldon Jones (Acting) |
| Governor-General of the Philippines | |
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In office July 15, 1933 – November 15, 1935 |
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| President | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Ted Roosevelt |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Quezon (President) |
| 55th Mayor of Detroit | |
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In office September 23, 1930 – May 10, 1933 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Bowles |
| Succeeded by | Frank Couzens |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
William Francis Murphy April 13, 1890 Harbor Beach, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 19, 1949 (aged 59) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA, LLB) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Rank |
 Captain
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| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
William Francis "Frank" Murphy (April 13, 1890 – July 19, 1949) was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He was named to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1940 after a political career as Governor of Michigan and Mayor of Detroit, serving also as the last Governor-General of the Philippines and then the High Commissioner of the Philippines.
Murphy was born in Harbor Beach, Michigan, then known as Sand Beach, in 1890. His Irish parents, John T. Murphy and Mary Brennan, raised him as a devout Catholic. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a lawyer. He attended the University of Michigan Law School, and graduated with a BA in 1912 and LLB in 1914. He was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and the senior society Michigamua. Murphy was stricken with diphtheria in the winter of 1911 but was allowed to begin his course in the Law Department from which he received his LL.B. degree in 1914. He performed graduate work at Lincoln's Inn in London and Trinity College, Dublin, which was said to be formative for his judicial philosophy. He developed a need to decide cases based on his more holistic notions of justice, eschewing technical legal arguments. As one commentator quipped of his later Supreme Court service, he "tempered justice with Murphy."
He served in the U.S. Army during World War I, achieving the rank of captain with the occupation army in Germany before leaving the service in 1919.
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