serviceyears branch allegiance birth_date term_end alma_mater state_senate constituency state_house term_start image name predecessor birth_place party state district successor article_title
1944 -- 1946 u.s. marine corps united states 17 june 1927 january 19 , 1970 november 30 , 1968 3 , 1995 january 3 , 1993 november duquesne university university of pittsburgh pennsylvania parts parts of washington county of greene , fayette , and washington counties pennsylvania pennsylvania january 7 , 1969 january 6 , 1959 3 , 1993 january 3 , 1977 january austin murphy.jpg austin john murphy joseph gaydos thomas morgan william lane district created north charleroi , pennsylvania democratic pennsylvania pennsylvania 20th 22nd 46th 48th washington county frank mascara district eliminated barry stout barry stout austin murphy

austin murphy

austin john murphy -lrb- born june 17 , 1927 -rrb- was a democratic member of the u.s. house of representatives from pennsylvania from 1977 to 1995 .
born in north charleroi , pennsylvania , murphy grew up in new london , connecticut .
he later returned to charleroi and served in the united states marine corps from 1944 to 1946 .
he earned a b.a. at duquesne university in 1949 and an ll.b .
at the university of pittsburgh in 1952 and was admitted to the pennsylvania bar in 1953 .
he practiced law in washington , pennsylvania , and was an assistant district attorney for washington county from 1956 to 1957 .
murphy started his political career as a member of the pennsylvania house of representatives , where he served from 1959 to 1971 .
he then served in the pennsylvania state senate from 1971 to 1977 .
in 1976 , he was elected to the united states house of representatives , replacing longtime incumbent thomas e. morgan .
he served as a delegate to the democratic national conventions in 1984 and 1988 .
