Francis P. Murphy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrancis P. Murphy
American politician
Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1877
Place of Birth: Winchester, New Hampshire, United States
Date of Death: 19-Dec-1958
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Francis P. Murphy
- Francis Parnell Murphy (August 16, 1877 – December 19, 1958) was a manufacturer and politician from Nashua, New Hampshire.
- He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and on the Governor's Council before being twice elected as a Republican Governor. Murphy supported Roosevelt's New Deal policies and switched to the Democratic Party in an attempt to unseat U.S.
- Senator Styles Bridges in the 1942 Senate election.
- He retired from politics to enter the radio broadcasting business and later started the WMUR radio and television stations in Manchester. A large flood control project in northern New Hampshire at the headwaters of the Connecticut River is named for him, with Murphy Dam impounding Lake Francis.
- He was also responsible for one of the first ski area aerial tramways in the United States when the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway was built in Franconia Notch.
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