Evelyn Murphy
67th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office 1987 – 1991
Governor(s)	Michael S. Dukakis
Preceded by	John Kerry (1983-1985)
Succeeded by	A. Paul Cellucci
Born
Political party	Democratic

Evelyn Murphy is an American politician. She was the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1987 to 1991, and was the first woman in the history of Massachusetts to hold a state-wide office. Image File history File links Evelyn_Murphy. ... John Hancock, first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Hancock, the first Governor The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. ... Al Gore (born December 11, 1943) is a Vietnam Veteran and the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Paul Cellucci Argeo Paul Cellucci (born April 24, 1948) better known as Paul Cellucci, is an American politician and diplomat, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former Ambassador to Canada. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... John Hancock, first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ...

She received a bachelor's degree and PhD from Duke University, and holds a master's degree from Columbia University. She was the Secretary of Economic Affairs in the first term of Governor Mike Dukakis. In 1982, she sought the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, loosing to John Kerry. In the second term of Governor Dukakis, she was the Secretary for Environmental affairs. Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Duke was founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, moved to Durham in 1892. ... Columbia University is a private research university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...

Murphy was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for Governor of Massachusetts in 1990, but lost the nomination to John Silber. Every four years, Massachusetts holds state-wide elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Treasurer. ... John Robert Silber (born August 15, 1926 in San Antonio, Texas) is a controversial former president of Boston University. ...