Frank Jerome Murray

Frank Jerome Murray (April 6, 1904 – February 12, 1995) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Murray received a B.S. from Georgetown University in 1925 and an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1929. He was in the United States Army Reserve Lieutenant from 1925 to 1935. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1929 to 1938. He was an Associate counsel, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, New England Agency from 1938 to 1939. He was a Trial counsel, Boston Housing Authority, Massachusetts from 1939 to 1941. He was a Corporation counsel, City of Boston, Massachusetts from 1941 to 1945. He was in private practice in Boston, Massachusetts from 1945 to 1946. He was a Trustee, Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company from 1945 to 1946. He was an Associate justice, Superior Court of Massachusetts from 1946 to 1967.

Murray was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Murray was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on February 21, 1967, to a seat vacated by George C. Sweeney. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 5, 1967, and received his commission the same day. He assumed senior status on July 15, 1977. Murray served in that capacity until his death, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sources

• Frank Jerome Murray at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.