James C. Murray

James Cunningham Murray ( born May 16, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, † October 19, 1999 in Oak Lawn, Illinois) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1955 and 1957 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Murray Quigley Preparatory Seminary attended in Chicago. After studying law at the city's DePaul University and his 1940 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. During the Second World War he served between 1942 and 1945 in the U.S. Army. Between 1945 and 1951 he was Deputy Attorney General of Illinois. He then worked until 1953 for price stability authority. In the years 1953 and 1954, he served as deputy prosecutor in Cook County.

Politically, Murray was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1954 he was in the third electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Fred E. Busbey on January 3, 1955. Since he has not been confirmed in 1956, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1957. This was determined by the events of the civil rights movement and the Cold War.

Between 1959 and 1967 James Murray was a member of the City Council of Chicago, which he chairs had held since 1963. In 1969 he was a prosecutor in Cook County. From 1970 to 1984 he was there, District Judge, 1986-1994 appeal judges. He died on 19 October 1999 in Oak Lawn.