Facts: - death place: rochester , minnesota - successor: arthur w. kopp - party: democrat - death date: 11 july 1927 - predecessor: joseph w. babcock - district: wisconsin 3 3rd - term end: march 3 , 1909 - term start: march 4 , 1907 - state: wisconsin - name: james william murphy - birth date: april 17 , 1858 - birth place: platteville , wisconsin - alma mater: university of michigan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james william murphy .
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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 .