Milton T. Murray (June 1, 1898 – October 3, 1991) was a teacher, lawyer and politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born in Milwaukee, Murray went to University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Marquette University, and the University of Chicago. He worked as a teacher and

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and then went into the practice of law. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly before getting elected to the Wisconsin Senate. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate's

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(the thirteenth, eighteenth, and twenty-first

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of the City of Milwaukee; and the Villages of Fox Point, River Hills, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, and the Town of Milwaukee) in 1939 to fill the vacancy created by the death of incumbent Oscar Morris. He was re-elected in 1940 for a full term, with 24,919 votes to 9,258 for

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Thomas Nimlos and 8,346 for

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nominee Anton Blechinger. Murray was a candidate in the Republican primary for

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twice. In 1942 he challenged incumbent

Julius P. Heil Julius Peter Heil (July 24, 1876November 30, 1949) was an American politician and the 30th Governor of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1943. Early life Heil, a Jewish immigrant to the United States, was born in Düssmund an der Mosel, Germany. As a ch ...

, coming in second in a three-way race, with 95,908 votes to Heil's 136,980 and 32,740 for a third candidate; reporters speculated that Murray's high results in normally Progressive districts were the product of mischievous votes from Progressives (who did not have a contest on their ballot line). Heil went on to lose to Progressive Orland Steen Loomis in the general election. In 1944, rather than run for re-election, Murray challenged Acting Governor Walter Samuel Goodland, and came in third in a five-man race.Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., ed. ''The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1946'' Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1946; p. 590
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