Andrew Stevenson Murr (born April 23, 1977) is an American attorney, rancher and politician serving as a member of the

Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abou ...

from the 53rd district. Elected in 2014, he assumed office in 2015. His maternal grandfather was

Coke Stevenson Coke Robert Stevenson (March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947. He was the first Texan politician to hold its three highest offices (Speaker of the Texas Hou ...

, the 35th Governor of Texas.

Early life and education

Murr was raised on a farm in

Kimble County, Texas Kimble County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,286. Its county seat is Junction. The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1876. It is named for George ...

and attended schools in the

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. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural development from

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

and a

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from the

Texas Tech University School of Law The Texas Tech University School of Law is an ABA-accredited law school located on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The school offers three academic centers, ten dual-degree programs, a nationally recognized legal writing p ...

Career

Murr became a Kimble County judge in 2008, serving until 2013. He was appointed to the Concho Valley Regional Review Board by then-Governor

Rick Perry James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 and as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. Perry also ran unsuccessfully for the Republica ...

in 2011. Murr was elected to the

in 2014 and assumed office in 2015. In the 2019–2020 legislative session, Murr served as the vice chair of the Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee. In the 2020–2021 session, he is the chair of the House Corrections Committee.

References

External links

Campaign website

State legislative page
1977 births Living people Texas lawyers People from Kimble County, Texas People from Junction, Texas Texas A&M University alumni Texas Tech University School of Law alumni Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives {{Texas-politician-stub