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MURDOCK (Soundex M632) — See also DOCK, GARDOCKI, MARDACH, MARDOCK, MOCKRUD, MORDECAI, MOREDOCK, MOURDOCK, MURDICK, MURDOCH.

  MURDOCK: See also Dale Harper Bragg — Philo Taylor Farnsworth Jr. — Park Livingston — Peter Parker — Murdock Pryor — James Murdock Smith
  Murdock, A. H. — of Humboldt County, Calif. Member of California state assembly 12th District, 1855-56. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Abe See Orrice Abram Murdock Jr.
  Murdock, Alice — of El Dorado, Butler County, Kan. Republican. Postmaster at El Dorado, Kan., 1911-15. Female. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Charles — of Brackenridge, Allegheny County, Pa. Burgess of Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, 1960. Still living as of 1960.
  Murdock, Charles A. — of California. Member of California state assembly 10th District, 1883-85. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Charlie Cowan — of Abbeville County, S.C. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County, 1938-42. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Mrs. D. Ray See Katharine G. Murdock
  Murdock, G. T. — of New Boston, Thompson, Windham County, Conn. Postmaster at New Boston, Conn., 1901. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, George — of Maryland. Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1796; Federalist Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1800 (voted for John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney). Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, George F. — Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, George R. — of Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Mayor of Garden City, N.Y., 1943-44, 1951-53. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, George S. — of Michigan. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1936. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Glenn E. — of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1924. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Hollis R. (1832-1891) — of Stillwater, Washington County, Minn. Born August 15, 1832. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 22, 1872; district judge in Minnesota 1st District, 1890. Died January 14, 1891 (age 58 years, 152 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Murdock, James — of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1892 (Convention Vice-President), 1900. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, James B. — of Steuben County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Steuben County 2nd District, 1872. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, John — of Columbia County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1833. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, John F. — of Covington, Kenton County, Ky. Republican. Postmaster at Covington, Ky., 1959-70. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, John H. — of Washington, Washington County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1900. Burial location unknown.
John R. Murdock Murdock, John Riggs (1826-1913) — also known as John R. Murdock — of Lehi, Utah County, Utah; Beaver, Beaver County, Utah. Born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 13, 1826. Mayor of Lehi, Utah, 1861-63; member of Utah territorial legislature, 1870; delegate to Utah state constitutional convention, 1895; member of Utah state house of representatives, 1900. Mormon. Died in Milford, Beaver County, Utah, November 12, 1913 (age 87 years, 60 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of John Murdock and Julia (Clapp) Murdock; married, November 13, 1849, to Alma Henrietta Lott; married, January 27, 1857, to Polly Emeline Lamb; married, January 10, 1863, to Mary Ellen Woolfenden and Margery May Bain; grandfather of Philo Taylor Farnsworth Jr. and Orrice Abram Murdock Jr..
  Political family: Murdock family of Beaver, Utah.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: City of Lehi
  Murdock, John Robert (1885-1972) — also known as John R. Murdock — of Tempe, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Homestead, Lewis County, Mo., April 20, 1885. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Arizona, 1937-53 (at-large 1937-51, 1st District 1951-53). Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., February 14, 1972 (age 86 years, 300 days). Interment at Double Butte Cemetery, Tempe, Ariz.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Murdock, John S. — U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island, 1926-29. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Katharine G. — also known as Mrs. D. Ray Murdock — of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952 (speaker), 1956. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Khendra — of Springfield, Greene County, Mo. American Solidarity candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, 2024 (on behalf of Peter Sonski and Lauren Onak). Female. Still living as of 2024.
  Murdock, Lindsay — of Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Louise — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1972. Female. Still living as of 1972.
  Murdock, Mark — Member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 10-B, 2009-12. Still living as of 2012.
  See also Minnesota Legislator record
  Murdock, Marshall M. — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Republican. Postmaster at Wichita, Kan., 1874-86, 1898-1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1896 (Convention Vice-President). Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Mary — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1959. Female. Still living as of 1959.
  Murdock, Mary — of Jackson, Jackson County, Mich. Democrat. Member of Michigan Democratic State Central Committee, 1969. Female. Still living as of 1969.
  Murdock, Mary A. — of Big Piney, Sublette County, Wyo. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1944. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Orrice Abram, Jr. (1893-1979) — also known as Abe Murdock — of Beaver, Beaver County, Utah. Born in Austin, Lander County, Nev., July 18, 1893. Democrat. Lawyer; Beaver County Attorney; U.S. Representative from Utah 1st District, 1933-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1940, 1944 (chair, Credentials Committee; speaker), 1952; U.S. Senator from Utah, 1941-47; defeated, 1946; member, National Labor Relations Board, 1947-57. Mormon. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., September 15, 1979 (age 86 years, 59 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Lucinda (Robinson) Murdock and Orrice Abraham Murdock; married, October 2, 1913, to Mary Violet Yardley; grandson of John Riggs Murdock; first cousin of Philo Taylor Farnsworth Jr..
  Political family: Murdock family of Beaver, Utah.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Murdock, Osgood — of Piedmont, Alameda County, Calif. Mayor of Piedmont, Calif., 1953-54. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Peter Joseph (c.1944-2019) — also known as Peter J. Murdock — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born about 1944. Democrat. Electrician; mayor of Ypsilanti, Mich., 1982-89; defeated, 1981; appointed 1982; defeated, 1989, 2010, 2014. Died in 2019 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Murdock, Robert (1853-1932) — of Logan, Cache County, Utah. Born in Dundee, Scotland, February 28, 1853. Postmaster at Logan, Utah, 1900-01. Scottish ancestry. Died in Logan, Cache County, Utah, March 25, 1932 (age 79 years, 26 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Euphemia Elspeth (Shepherd) Murdock and Robert Murdock (1824-1872); married to Johanna Nielson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Murdock, S. S. — of Stillwater, Washington County, Minn. Member of Minnesota railroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, Thomas — of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill. Republican. Postmaster at Rock Island, Ill., 1876-80; mayor of Rock Island, Ill., 1885-87. Burial location unknown.
Victor Murdock Murdock, Victor (1871-1945) — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born in Burlingame, Osage County, Kan., March 18, 1871. U.S. Representative from Kansas, 1903-15 (7th District 1903-07, 8th District 1907-15); Progressive candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1914; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1917-24; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1919-20, 1922-23. Died in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan., July 8, 1945 (age 74 years, 112 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: McClure's Magazine, April 1912
  Murdock, Vikki — of Lakewood, Los Angeles County, Calif. Peace and Freedom candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1988; Peace and Freedom candidate for U.S. Representative from California 32nd District, 1988. Female. Still living as of 1989.
  Murdock, William — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Candidate for New York state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1901. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, William H. — of Durham, Durham County, N.C. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956; U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 1961-69. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Murdock, William M. — of Washington County, Pa. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives from Washington County, 1899-1900. Burial location unknown.



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