James Edward Murray - Source

US senator, born near St Thomas, Ontario, Canada. He studied law at New York University, and became a US citizen (1901) and set up a law practice in Butte, MT. He served in the US Senate (Democrat, Montana, 1934–61) where he supported Roosevelt's policies. His advocacy of national health insurance and conservation measures was ahead of its time.

James Edward Murray (May 3, 1876 - March 23, 1961) was a United States Senator from Montana, and a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1934 until 1961.

Murray was county attorney of Silver Bow County, Montana, 1906-1908, and became chairman of the State advisory board of the Public Works Administration from 1933 to 1934. He was elected on November 6, 1934 as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas J.

Murray served as chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Labor-Management Relations, chairman of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, and also served on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

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This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.