IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934 BIOGRAPHIES UNITED STATES SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES LOUIS MURPHY, DUBUQUE. - United States Senator, was born in Dubuque, November 6, 1875, and since has been a continuous resident of that city; third of eight children of John S. (deceased) and Ann Murphy, the former a newspaper editor; educated in public grade and high schools; newspaper reporter and editor for 20 years; collector of internal revenue for Iowa, 8 years, 1913-1920; income tax counsellor 11 years; married in 1917 to Ellen Emma McGuire; five children - Charles, Mary, Elinor Ann, Imelda and Ellen; nominated in democratic primary on June 6, 1932, in a field of five, and elected to six-year term in the United States Senate on November 8, 1932, receiving 538,422 votes, to 399,929 for Henry Field, republican, and 43,174 for Senator Smith W. Brookhart, progressive. A democrat. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/) IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: _http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/_ (http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/)