Background
Murphy, Walter was born on October 24, 1872 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Andrew and Helen Webb (Long) Murphy.
Murphy, Walter was born on October 24, 1872 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Andrew and Helen Webb (Long) Murphy.
Bachelor of Laws, University of North Carolina, 1894, Doctor of Laws, 1925.
In practice law at Salisbury since 1894. Member North Carolina House of Representatives, 1897-1899, 1903-1909, 1913-1916, 1917-1919, 1921-1929 (speaker House 1914-1915, 1917-1919), and since 1933. City attorney, Salisbury, 1903-1908.
Director North Carolina Bank & Trust Company, Yadkin Railroad
Member North Carolina State Budget Commission. Member Democratic Executive Committee, North Carolina, 1906-1924. Served in the United States Navy on United States Monitor Nantucket, Spanish-American War.
Member of Executive Committee trustees University of North Carolina since 1901.
Member American and North Carolina State bar associations, North Carolina History Society, National Legislative Association, Alumni Association University of North Carolina (president), Sigma Nu. Epsicopalian.; Mason (Shriner).
Delivered address at unveiling of North Carolina memorial on Gettysburg Battleground, 1928.
Married Maude Horney, March 18, 1903. Children: Spencer, Elisabeth.