Martin L. Murray

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{other people||Martin Murray (disambiguation){{!}}Martin Murray}}

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| name =Martin L. Murray

| order =President pro tempore
of the Pennsylvania Senate

| term_start =January 5, 1971

| term_end =November 30, 1980

| predecessor =Robert Fleming

| successor =Henry Hager

| state_senate2 =Pennsylvania

| district2 =14th

| term_start2 =January 7, 1969

| term_end2 =November 30, 1980

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| predecessor2 =William Z. Scott

| successor2 =Raphael Musto

| state_senate3 =Pennsylvania

| district3 =14th

| term_start3 =January 1, 1957

| term_end3 =November 30, 1964

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| state_house4= Pennsylvania

| district4 = Luzerne County

| term_start4 = January 2, 1945

| term_end4 = November 30, 1948

| birth_date ={{birth date|1909|12|16}}

| birth_place =Ashley, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|7|1|1909|12|16}}

| death_place = Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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Martin L. Murray (December 16, 1909 – July 1, 1990){{cite web |title=Murray, K to N |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray6.html |website=www.politicalgraveyard.com |accessdate=27 May 2019}} was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 14th district from 1957 to 1964 and again from 1969 to 1982.{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Senate Members "M" | publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/SM.html}} He served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1971 through 1980 and is the longest serving Democratic President Pro Tempore in Pennsylvania eclipsing Presley Carr Lane's previous record of eight years.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Martin L Murray Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5280&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=27 May 2019}} He also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the Luzerne County district from 1945 to 1946.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania House of Representatives - MARTIN L. MURRAY |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=2130&body=H |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=27 May 2019}}{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = House Members "M" | publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/M.html}}