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Robert F Murphy (politician)

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Governor
  
Foster Furcolo

Succeeded by
  
Charles Gibbons

Preceded by
  
Charles Gibbons


Succeeded by
  
John F. Thompson

Preceded by
  
Sumner G. Whittier

Name
  
Robert Murphy

Succeeded by
  
Edward F. McLaughlin, Jr.

Robert F. Murphy (January 24, 1899 – January 9, 1976) was an American politician who as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1949 Murphy became the first Democrat to serve as the Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Murphy also served as the 59th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from January 1957 to October 6, 1960, when he was appointed by political foe Foster Furcolo to take over the scandal-ridden Metropolitan District Commission.

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