Frank Murphy

Judge Frank Murphy

Personal

Birthday:

4/13/1890

Birthplace:

Sand Beach, MI

Date of Death:

7/19/1949

Place of Death:

Detroit, MI

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1914-1917, 1922-1923
U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1917-1919
Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1919-1922
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan, 1920
Professor of law, University of Detroit, 1922-1927
Judge, Detroit [Michigan] Recorder`s Court, 1923-1930
Mayor, Detroit, Michigan, 1930-1933
Governor general and high commissioner, Philippine Islands, 1933-1936
Governor, Michigan, 1937-1938
Attorney General of the United States, 1939-1940

Education

Name of School:

University of Michigan

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1912

Name of School - Second:

University of Michigan Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1914

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

1/18/1940

Termination Date:

7/19/1949

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Seventh Circuit, February 12, 1940-October 13, 1941, March 1, 1943-July 19, 1949
Sixth Circuit, June 2, 1941-October 13, 1941
Eighth Circuit, October 14, 1941-February 28, 1943
Tenth Circuit, October 14, 1941-February 28, 1943