Abe Murdock
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Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (July 18, 1893Template:Spaced ndashSeptember 15, 1979) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of both chambers of the United States Congress for Utah. From 1947 to 1957, he served as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Early life and education
Born in Austin, Nevada,[1] he moved with his parents to Beaver, Utah, in 1898. Murdock attended the public schools and Murdock Academy in Beaver, and the University of Utah at Salt Lake City.
Career
Murdock studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1922.
Early political career
He was a member of the Beaver city council in 1920 and 1921 and was county attorney in 1923–1924, 1927–1928, and 1931–1932. He served as city attorney of Beaver from 1926 to 1933, and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for district attorney for the fifth Utah district in 1928.
Congress
In 1932, Murdock ran for and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress and was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1941.
Senate
Instead of running for reelection in 1940, he challenged incumbent Senator William H. King for the Democratic nomination. King had opposed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's proposal to expand the Supreme Court and Roosevelt's candidacy for an unprecedented third term, while Murdock was a "100% New Dealer" who strongly supported Roosevelt.[2] Murdock defeated King for the nomination and was elected as a Democrat to the Senate, serving from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1947.
Murdock was defeated by Republican Arthur Vivian Watkins in his bid for reelection in 1946.
Later career
After his defeat, he resumed the practice of law and engaged in agricultural pursuits and livestock raising. From 1947 to 1957, he was a member of the National Labor Relations Board and in 1960 was a member of the Atomic Energy Labor-Management Relations Panel.
Death and burial
Murdock died of natural causes in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1979, and was interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver, Utah.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abe Murdock | Script error: No such module "string". | 51.59 | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Don B. Colton (Incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.41 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abe Murdock (Incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 64.43 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Arthur Woolley | Script error: No such module "string". | 34.51 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William J. McConnell | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.74 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Lawrence Mower | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.32 | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abe Murdock (Incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 69.23 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Charles W. Dunn | Script error: No such module "string". | 30.57 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William J. McConnell | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.20 | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abe Murdock (Incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 59.66 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | LeRoy B. Young | Script error: No such module "string". | 40.34 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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Template:Election box majority no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abe Murdock | Script error: No such module "string". | 62.85 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Philo Farnsworth | Script error: No such module "string". | 37.15 | |
| Turnout | 247,430 | |||
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Template:Election box majority no change| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Arthur Vivian Watkins | Script error: No such module "string". | 51.24% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Abe Murdock (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.76% | |
| Turnout | 197,399 | |||
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References
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