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 EDWARD MURPHY, Jr.

, of Troy, was born in Troy December 15, 1836; was educated at St. John's College, Fordham; was elected mayor of the city of Troy in 1875 and reëlected in 1877, 1879, and 1881; was elected chairman of the Democratic State committee of New York in 1887, and held that position until 1895; was a delegate to the national Democratic conventions of 1880, 1884, and 1888, and was chairman of the delegation in 1892; was elected a delegate at large to the national convention of 1896, but illness prevented his being present; was elected United States Senator in January, 1893, to succeed Frank Hiscock; took his seat March 4, 1893. His term of service will expire March 3, 1899.