Justice Loren E. Murphy

  • Born:
    July 23, 1882 in Cuba, IL
  • Education:

    University of Michigan
  • Illinois Supreme Court Justice:
    1939-1948
  • Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice:
    1941-1942, 1947-1948
  • Succeeded:
    Warren H. Orr
  • Succeeded by:
    Albert M. Crampton
  • Represented:
    4th District (1939-1948)
  • Political Party
    Democrat
  • Other Political Offices:

    County Court Judge (1910-1918), Mayor of Monmouth (1929-1932), Circuit Court Judge (1932-1939), Appellate Court Judge (1933-1939)
  • Died:
    June 2, 1963 in Monmouth, IL
  • Buried:
    Warren County Memorial Park Cemetery, Monmouth, IL
  • Notes:
    Portrait courtesy of the Illinois Supreme Court

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