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Robert S. Murphy (October 18, 1861 – June 24, 1912) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1907 to 1911.
Murphy was born in Louisville, New York but spent most of his childhood in Portland, Maine, where his family was active in the temperance movement. He was educated at Hedding College. In 1880, he moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and he was admitted to the Cambria County bar in 1881. Murphy successfully ran as a Republican for Cambria County District Attorney in 1892, despite the overwhelming Democratic majority in terms of party registration. He was reelected in 1895 but was defeated in 1898. He returned to the practice of law and was a key figure in the state Republican Party. He was elected as lieutenant governor in 1906 as running mate of Edwin Sydney Stuart. [1]