Read the bio below and try to give details on james william murphy 's: - death place - successor - party - death date - predecessor - district - term end - term start - state - name - birth date - birth place - alma mater Bio: james william murphy -lrb- april 17 , 1858 -- july 11 , 1927 -rrb- was an u.s. representative from wisconsin . born in platteville , wisconsin in 1858 , murphy graduated from the state normal school -lrb- now the university of wisconsin -- platteville -rrb- in 1873 and from the university of michigan law school in 1880 . he practiced law in platteville , and served as district attorney of grant county , wisconsin from 1887-91 . he was elected mayor of platteville for a two-year term in 1904 , and was then elected to the united states house of representatives as a democrat in 1906 , defeating joseph w. babcock for the seat from wisconsin 's 3rd congressional district . murphy served one term as part of the 60th united states congress , but was defeated for reelection in 1908 by arthur w. kopp . he ran unsuccessfully for congress once more , in 1920 . he died in rochester , minnesota in 1927 .
- death place is rochester , minnesota- successor is arthur w. kopp- party is democrat- death date is 11 july 1927- predecessor is joseph w. babcock- district is wisconsin 3 3rd- term end is march 3 , 1909- term start is march 4 , 1907- state is wisconsin- name is james william murphy- birth date is april 17 , 1858- birth place is platteville , wisconsin- alma mater is university of michigan