Timothy "Tim" F. Murphy (born September 11, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician who currently serves in the House of Representatives for the 18th Congressional District of Pennsylvania (map). The district includes several wealthy suburbs south of Pittsburgh. It includes parts of Allegheny, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
A Republican, Murphy was first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2002. Prior to being elected to Congress, Mu...
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Timothy "Tim" F. Murphy (born September 11, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician who currently serves in the House of Representatives for the 18th Congressional District of Pennsylvania (map). The district includes several wealthy suburbs south of Pittsburgh. It includes parts of Allegheny, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
A Republican, Murphy was first elected to the U.S. Congress in 2002. Prior to being elected to Congress, Murphy was in the Pennsylvania State Senate.
Murphy was born into a middle class family in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from Walsh Jesuit High School, he received a Bachelor of Science from Wheeling Jesuit University, a MA from Cleveland State University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Upon leaving school, he became a practicing psychologist and a professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He also made regular appearances on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh from 1979 to 1995 as a health care expert. Murphy is known by many as Dr. Tim,...
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