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  McMurray, Howard J.
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NameHoward J. McMurray
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin , United States
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Born March 03, 1901
DiedAugust 14, 1961 (60 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Feb 28, 2019 11:58am
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InfoMcMURRAY, Howard Johnstone, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Harvey County, near Mount Hope, Kans., March 3, 1901; attended the public schools, Berea Academy at Berea, Ky., and high school at Madison, Wis.; was graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1936; engaged in the life insurance business 1923-1928; executive with air transport companies 1928-1935; teacher of political science at the University of Wisconsin 1936-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); was not a candidate for renomination in 1944, but was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1944 and again in 1946; lecturer in political science at the University of Wisconsin in 1945 and 1946; professor of political science at Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif., 1947-1949; professor of government, University of New Mexico, from 1949 until his death in Albuquerque, N.Mex., August 14, 1961; interment in Fairview Park Cemetery.



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  11/05/1946 WI US Senate Lost 37.41% (-23.87%)
  11/07/1944 WI US Senate Lost 42.75% (-7.75%)
  11/03/1942 WI District 5 Won 43.19% (+5.84%)
  09/15/1942 WI District 5 - D Primary Won 37.50% (+13.76%)
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