Thomas J. Murphy Jr. Politician

Thomas J. "Tom" Murphy, Jr. (born August 15, 1944) is a city management consultant and was a Democratic politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in state government in two capacities, from 1979 to 1982 representing the 17th district, and from 1983 to 1993 representing the 20th district. From January 1994 until January 2006 he served as mayor of Pittsburgh. Murphy is currently the senior resident fellow for urban development at the Urban Land Institute.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 15, 1944
Birth place
Pittsburgh

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party
Democratic Party (United States)
region
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 17
Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 20
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External resources

  1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4Q0wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=twMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6650%2C760543
  2. http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/print-edition/2013/05/10/tom-murphy-years-visionary-vexing.html?page=all
  3. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_459668.html
  4. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05359/627263.stm
  5. http://www.uli.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Tom_Murphy&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=124&ContentID=63031