William Francis Murphy was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Michigan. He was a Democrat who was named to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1940 after a political career that included serving as United States Attorney General, 35th Governor of Michigan, and Mayor of Detroit. He also served as the last Governor-General of the Philippines and the first High Commissioner to the Philippines.
Official portrait, 1940s
Governor Frank Murphy (seated center-right) and U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (seated center-left) meeting with General Motors officials on January 21, 1937, in an effort to end the month-old Flint sit-down strike; the two had met with UAW leaders earlier in the day.
Justice Frank Murphy, February 1940, shortly after joining the Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy is buried at Our Lady of Lake Huron Catholic Cemetery in Sand Beach Township, Michigan, near Harbor Beach. He is buried near Dr. Manuel Teves, M.D. who was a town physician from the Philippines during WWII and had practiced medicine in Harbor Beach from the 1969 through the early 2000s.
Governor-General of the Philippines
The governor-general of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed by Mexico City and Madrid (1565–1898) and the United States (1898–1946), and briefly by Great Britain (1762–1764) and Japan (1942–1945). They were also the representative of the executive of the ruling power.
Image: Miguel López de Legazpi, en La Hormiga de Oro
Image: Guido de Lavezares
Image: Pedro de Acuña
Image: Sebastián Hurtado de Corcuera
