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Patrick Murphy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 4, 2007
Preceded by	Mike Fitzpatrick
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	October 19, 1973 (1973-10-19) (age 33) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Jennifer Safford Murphy
Religion	Roman Catholic

Patrick Joseph Murphy (born October 19, 1973) is the Congressman from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, an American lawyer, a U.S. Army soldier, and a professor. Patrick Murphy is the first, and to date, only veteran of the Iraq War to serve in Congress, and was awarded the Bronze Star. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 398 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2848 × 4288 pixel, file size: 1. ... The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ... Map Pennsylvania District 8 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves Bucks County, along with a small portion of Montgomery County and northeast Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. ... For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ... is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Michael G. Mike Fitzpatrick (born June 28, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Republican U.S. politician from the state of Pennsylvania. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Map Pennsylvania District 8 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves Bucks County, along with a small portion of Montgomery County and northeast Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. ... The United States Constitution, the supreme law of the United States The United States Reports, the official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States The law of the United States was originally largely derived from the common law of the system of English law, which was in force... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Former crewmembers of the battleship Missouri pose for photos shortly after the Anniversary of the End of World War II ceremony, held aboard the famous ship. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ...

Murphy was the Democratic candidate in the 2006 election for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Mike Fitzpatrick, a freshman Republican. Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... President Bush meets with Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer (then House Minority Leader and Minority Whip, respectively) at the Oval Office in the White House. ... Map Pennsylvania District 8 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves Bucks County, along with a small portion of Montgomery County and northeast Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... For the ecclesiastical office, see Incumbent (ecclesiastical). ... Michael G. Mike Fitzpatrick (born June 28, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Republican U.S. politician from the state of Pennsylvania. ...

Early life and education

Murphy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the Northeast Philadelphia area. [1] Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Map of Philadelphia County with Northeast Highlighted. ...

Patrick Murphy graduated from Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia. After attending Bucks County Community College, he went to King's College, Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre, where he was a cadet in the U.S. Army ROTC and was captain of the hockey team and student body president. After graduating in 1993 with a double major, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army. [2] Archbishop Ryan High School (often called Archbishop Ryan or simply Ryan) is a Roman Catholic high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Archbishop Ryan is the largest Catholic secondary school in the city of Philadelphia. ... Bucks County Community College (BCCC) is a two-year community college located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. ... For other uses, see Kings College. ... Nickname: The Diamond City Motto: Pattern After Us Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Luzerne Founded Incorporated  Borough  City 1769  1806  1871 Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Leighton (D) Area    - City  7. ... Officer Cadet is a rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers. ... A Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program is a college-based, officer commissioning program, predominantely in the United States. ... An officer is a member of a military, naval, or if applicable, other uniformed services who holds a position of responsibility. ... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ...

Military and legal career

Murphy attended law school at the Widener University in Harrisburg, where he became a member of the Trial Advocacy Honor Society and president of the St. Thomas More Society. He then began working in the office of the district attorney of Philadelphia, and later as a leader in the Harrisburg Civil Law Clinic, a legal aid society serving the poor. He also served as the legislative aide to Thomas Tangretti, a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Westmoreland County. Murphy has taught American politics and government at Mount Saint Mary's University and constitutional law at the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), and has also lectured at the U.S. Air Force Academy, the International Institute for Humanitarian Rights in Sanremo, Italy, and at Widener. // A law school is an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees. ... Widener University is a private, metropolitan university located in Chester, Pennsylvania. ... Harrisburg is the name of many places in the United States of America: Harrisburg, Arkansas Harrisburg, Illinois Harrisburg, Missouri Harrisburg, Nebraska Harrisburg, New York Town in Lewis County Hamlet in Cattaraugus County Hamlet in Warren County Harrisburg, North Carolina Harrisburg, Ohio Harrisburg, Oregon Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania state capital and near... A district attorney is, in some U.S. jurisdictions, the title of the local public official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminals. ... Most liberal democracies consider that it is necessary to provide some level of legal aid to persons otherwise unable to afford legal representation. ... The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Westmoreland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Politics of the United States takes place in a framework of a presidential republic... For other uses: see Mount St Marys (disambiguation). ... In the United States, constitutional law generally refers to the provisions of the United States Constitution, as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court. ... “USMA” redirects here. ... The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA or Air Force),[1] located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States, is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air Force. ... San Remo is a city with about 57,000 inhabitants and lies on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in northwestern Italy. ...

After working as an instructor at West Point, Murphy deployed overseas twice, serving in Bosnia (2002) and in Baghdad during the Iraq War (2003–2004). While in Baghdad as a paratrooper and JAG Corps attorney with the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, Murphy worked to reconstruct the justice system and helped prosecute Sheik Moyad, a lieutenant of Muqtada al-Sadr. [3] Murphy earned the Bronze Star Medal for his seven months of service in Iraq. [4] Motto None Anthem Intermeco Bosnia and Herzegovina() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Sarajevo Official languages Bosnian Croatian Serbian Government Parliamentary democracy  -  Presidency members Željko KomÅ¡ić1 NebojÅ¡a Radmanović2 Haris Silajdžić3  -  Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Å pirić  -  High Representative 4 Independence... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was constituted in the National Army as the 82nd Division on August 5, 1917, and was organized on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ... Sheik can refer to. ... Muqtada al-Sadr ( Muqtadā aá¹£-á¹¢adr) is the fourth son of a famous Iraqi Shi‘a cleric, the late Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. ... The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration and is the fourth highest award for bravery, heroism or meritorious service. ...

Murphy returned to Pennsylvania after his tour in Iraq, and married Jennifer Safford on June 17, 2006. Their first child, a daughter, was born shortly after his Congressional victory. The family now lives in the Edgely section of Bristol Township, Pennsylvania. Bristol Township is a township located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. ...

Congressional career

In 2005, Murphy decided to challenge Republican incumbent Representative Mike Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district as a Fighting Dem, building his campaign around "Murphy Plans" for Iraq, ethics reform, online protection, and a GI Bill of Rights. [5] Michael G. Mike Fitzpatrick (born June 28, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Republican U.S. politician from the state of Pennsylvania. ... Map Pennsylvania District 8 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves Bucks County, along with a small portion of Montgomery County and northeast Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania. ... The Fighting Dems is a nickname given to more than 60 military veterans who ran for Congress as Democrats in the United States 2006 congressional elections. ...

On May 16, 2006, he won the Democratic primary with about 65% of the vote [6], against Andrew Warren, a former county commissioner and ex-Republican who badly trailed Murphy in campaign funds. [7] May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Polls taken in October, 2006, generally showed a tight race between Murphy and Fitzpatrick: A poll by Grove Insight (a Democratic polling firm) showed Murphy leading 44% to 40%, a mid-October poll by Global Strategies Group (another Democratic polling firm) showed Murphy leading 45% to 43%, a late October poll by Global Strategies Group showed Murphy leading 46% to 41%, a poll by Constituent Dynamics showed Murphy leading 50% to 47%, and a poll by Muhlenberg College showed Murphy trailing 47% to 42%. [8] A sixth poll, by Franklin and Marshall, showed Murphy trailing 48% to 39%, but was flawed by the inadvertent inclusion of a third candidate who was not on the ballot. [9] Michael G. Mike Fitzpatrick (born June 28, 1963, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Republican U.S. politician from the state of Pennsylvania. ... Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college located in west-side Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Franklin and Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ...

On election day, Murphy's campaign, led by campaign manager Scott Fairchild, engaged in a massive get-out-the-vote effort, with over 1000 volunteers knocking on 160,000 doors. [10] The resulting high turnout in Democratic lower Bucks County and Philadelphia, combined with surprisingly strong returns for Murphy in Republican upper Bucks County, was enough to push Murphy over Fitzpatrick 125,656 to 124,138. Murphy narrowly lost the Bucks County portion of the district (116,669 to 115,645), but decisively won the Philadelphia County portion (6,024 to 5,048) and the Montgomery County portion (3,987 to 2,421). [11] and [12]

Murphy serves on the House Armed Services Committee and is the only freshman on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. [13] Murphy is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of Democratic representatives known for being fiscally and socially moderate. The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, commonly known as the House Armed Services Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. ... The U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is a committee of the United States House of Representatives, currently chaired by Peter Hoekstra. ... The Blue Dog Coalition is a group of moderate to conservative Democrats in the United States House of Representatives. ...

Congressman Murphy opposed President Bush's plan to add more troops to the Iraq War in 2007. He was a cosponsor, with Senator Barack Obama and Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) of the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007, which aimed to stop the troop addition and develop a plan to redeploy American troops from Iraq starting May 1, 2007. For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... Barack Hussein Obama (born August 4, 1961) is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. ... C. Michael Mike Thompson (born January 24, 1951), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the 1st District of California (map), which includes Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties as well as parts of Yolo and Sonoma Counties. ...

Murphy is of no relation to Lois Murphy, unsuccessful 2006 Democratic candidate in the nearby 6th congressional district, to Rep. Tim Murphy of the 18th congressional district, to Rep. Chris Murphy of Connecticut's 5th congressional district, or to current candidate for Richland Township, Pennsylvania Supervisor of the same name, Patrick Murphy. Lois Murphy (born 1963 in Hempstead, New York) is a Democrat from the state of Pennsylvania, currently running for the U.S. House in Pennsylvanias 6th congressional district (map) against the Republican incumbent, Jim Gerlach. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map The 6th Congressional District was substantially redrawn in the 2002 redistricting. ... Timothy Tim Murphy (born September 11, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician who currently serves in the House of Representatives for the 18th Congressional District of the state of Pennsylvania ([1]). The district includes several suburbs south of Pittsburgh. ... Pennsylvanias 18th congressional district includes all of Washington County, and parts of Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties. ... Christopher S. Chris Murphy (b. ... The Fifth Congressional District of Connecticut is represented in Congress by Chris Murphy. ...

References

• GOP restructuring of PA's 8th District

See also

• Notable U.S. House elections, 2006 — Pennsylvania

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External links

• Patrick Murphy For Congress official campaign site
• U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy official House site
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Election Commission — Patrick J Murphy campaign finance reports and data
• On the Issues — Patrick Murphy issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Patrick J. Murphy campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Representative Patrick J. Murphy (PA) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Patrick Murphy profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Patrick Murphy voting record
• Fighting Dems for Congress