James C. Murray
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James C. Murray | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd district | |
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |
Preceded by | Fred E. Busbey |
Succeeded by | Emmet Byrne |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois | May 16, 1917
Died | October 19, 1999 Oak Lawn, Illinois | (aged 82)
Political party | Democratic |
James Cunningham Murray (May 16, 1917 – October 19, 1999) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1955-1957. He graduated from De Paul University Law School in 1940, and subsequently worked as a lawyer. He served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1945.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Murray was elected to the Chicago City Council as 18th Ward alderman in 1959. He served eight years during which he was vice chair of the finance committee and president pro tempore. He sponsored the city's first fair housing law, which passed by four votes. Opposition to his fair housing activism resulted in his losing a 1966 judicial election, but he became a judge of the Cook County Circuit Court in 1970. Judge Murray was on the Appellate Court from 1986 until his retirement in 1994.
He was a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee to Recommend Rules of Evidence, the Judicial Conference Committee on Evidence and the Committee on Complex Litigation.
External links
- United States Congress. "James C. Murray (id: M001107)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1917 births
- 1999 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
- Chicago City Council members
- American army personnel of World War II
- United States Army Air Forces soldiers
- Illinois Democrats
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- Illinois state court judges
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 20th-century American politicians
- 20th-century American judges