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Gift of anonymous, 2024.84.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, In Copyrigh…
Chris Murphy
Gift of anonymous, 2024.84.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, In Copyright

Chris Murphy

American, born 1973
BiographyChris Murphy is a Senator and a Representative from Connecticut; born in White Plains, Westchester County, N.Y., August 3, 1973; B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1996; attended Exeter College, Oxford, England, 1994-1995; J.D., University of Connecticut, Hartford, Conn., 2002; lawyer, private practice; Southington, Conn., planning and zoning commission, 1997-1999; member of the Connecticut state house of representatives, 1999-2003; member of the Connecticut state senate, 2003-2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-January 3, 2013); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2012 for the term commencing January 3, 2013; reelected in 2018 and again in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031.


Source: United States Congress, “MURPHY, Christopher,” accessed March 05, 2025, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/m001169.
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