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Senate Years of Service: 1965-1971 Party: Republican
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MURPHY, George Lloyd, a Senator from California; born in New Haven, Conn., July 4, 1902;
educated at Peddie Institute in Hightstown, N.J., and the Pawling School of New
York; attended Yale University; engaged as an actor in New York in 1926 and
appeared thereafter in four Broadway shows; moved to Hollywood, Calif., in 1935
and made forty-five motion pictures; organized entertainment personnel for the
Armed Forces during the Second World War; twice elected president of the Screen
Actors Guild and served on the board of directors for fifteen years; vice
president, Desilu Studios 1958-1961, Technicolor Corp. 1961-1964; director of
entertainment for presidential inaugurations in 1952, 1956, 1960; chairman of
the Republican State Central Committee of California 1953-1954; elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate on November 3, 1964, for the six year
term commencing January 3, 1965; subsequently appointed January 1, 1965, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pierre Salinger for the term
ending January 3, 1965, and served from January 1, 1965, to January 3, 1971;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970; was a resident of Palm Beach,
Fla., until his death due to leukemia on May 3, 1992; remains were cremated.
BibliographyScribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; Murphy,
George. Say...Didnt You Used to be George Murphy? New York:
Barthelomew House, 1970.
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