Raymond M. Murphy

{{Short description|American politician (1927–2020)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Raymond Murphy

|image =

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|state_senate = Michigan

|district = 3rd

|term_start =1999

|term_end =2002

|succeeded =Irma Clark-Coleman

|state_house2=Michigan

|district2 = 7th

|term_start2 =1983

|term_end2 =1998

|constituency2=17th district (1983–1992)

|birth_name=

|birth_date = {{birth date|1927|12|13}}

|birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3||1927|12|13}}

|death_place =

|party =Democratic

|occupation= Michigan State Senator

|spouse = Loretta, Brenda, Lynette

|children = James Murphy,Alicia Murphy, Brandon M Murphy, Clinton L Robinson,Anita Jackson

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|residence=

|alma_mater=Wayne State University, Detroit Institute of Technology

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Raymond Melvin Murphy (December 13, 1927 – March 2020) was an American politician from the state of Michigan. He served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983 to 1998 and Michigan Senate from 1999 to 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/737|title = Legislator Details - Legislators}}http://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28ytyyxnbzri1n2355q03wbcfv%29%29/documents/publications/manual/1999-2000/1999-mm-0164-0164-murphy.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Murphy was the last surviving delegate to Michigan's 1961 constitutional convention to have also served in the Michigan Legislature.The Ballenger Report: [https://www.theballengerreport.com/jack-faxon-is-gone-only-ray-murphy-survives/ Jack Faxon is Gone. Only Ray Murphy Survives.]

Murphy died in March 2020, aged 92.