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[[File:C. Murray Turpin (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg|thumb|From the ''Wilkes-Barre Record'', April 22, 1939]]

'''Charles Murray Turpin''' (March 4, 1878 – June 4, 1946) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]].<ref>"[https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000433 Turpin, Charles Murray]" (T000433), in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online February 10, 2008.</ref><ref>"[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turney-tutt.html Turpin, Charles Murray]." Ann Arbor, Michigan: ''The Political Graveyard'', May 10, 2022.</ref>

==Biography==
Turpin was born in [[Kingston, Pennsylvania]] on March 4, 1878, and attended the [[Wyoming Seminary]] in Kingston.<ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref><ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," ''The Political Graveyard''.</ref>

He served as a corporal in the [[United States Army]] during the [[Spanish–American War]] in Company F of the Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was a member of the [[Pennsylvania National Guard]] from 1896 to 1901, rising to the rank of captain.<ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref> 

He was employed as a [[carpenter]], grocery clerk, and a [[steamboat]] captain before graduating from the dental department of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] at [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] in 1904. After graduation, he commenced the practice of [[dentistry]] in Kingston in 1905.<ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref> 

He served as a member of the board of education from 1916 to 1922, burgess of Kingston from 1922 to 1926, and [[prothonotary]] of [[Luzerne County, Pennsylvania]] from 1926 to 1929.<ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref>

Turpin was elected as a Republican to the [[71st United States Congress|Seventy-first]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[John J. Casey]]. He was reelected to the [[72nd United States Congress|Seventy-second]], [[73rd United States Congress|Seventy-third]], and [[74th United States Congress|Seventy-fourth]] Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in [[1936 United States House election|1936]].<ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref><ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," ''The Political Graveyard''.</ref>

He was appointed assistant chief clerk of the Luzerne County Assessor's Office in [[Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania]].<ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref>

==Death and interment==
Turpin died in Kingston and is buried in Forty Fort Cemetery, [[Forty Fort, Pennsylvania]].<ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," in ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''.</ref><ref>"Turpin, Charles Murray," ''The Political Graveyard''.</ref>

==References==
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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turney-tutt.html The Political Graveyard]

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