Charles H. Murray

Background

Murray, Charles H. was born on January 2, 1855 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Henry Kennedy and Abbie Sheldon (Billings) Murray.

Education

Graduate Mount Pleasant Academy, 1872. Admitted to bar, 1876.

Career

Republican leader 8th Assembly District. President Lincoln League. Executive member Republican Committee.

Chairman 9th Congressional Committee.

Member Republican State Committee, 1894-1896, 1902-1908, 1908-1912. Member Executive Committee, 1904-1906.

Was Republican candidate for assembly, for district attorney, Company of New York, 1893. Counsel to the United States marshal, 1877.

Supervisor of census, 1890.

Special assistant United States district attorney, 1892. Police commissioner, New York, 1894. Aqueduct commissioner, New York, 1897.

Quarantine commissioner New York state, 1901-1905.

President Republican Company Committee, New York, 1904. Judge New York state Court of Claims, 1905-1917.

Home: New York, New New York

Achievements

• Charles H. Murray has been listed as a reputable judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Republican Committee. Member Republican State Committee, 1894-1896, 1902-1908, 1908-1912. Member Executive Committee, 1904-1906.

Connections

Married Grace Peckham, February 11, 1893.

Father:

Henry Kennedy Murray

Mother:

Abbie Sheldon (Billings) Murray

Spouse:

Grace Peckham