Victor Murdock

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Victor Murdock
U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas
In office
May 26, 1903 – March 4, 1915
Preceded byChester I. Long
Succeeded byWilliam Augustus Ayres
Constituency7th district (1903–07)
8th district (1907–15)
Personal details
Born(1871-03-18)March 18, 1871
Progressive Party
SpouseMary Pearl Allen
Children2
Parents
  • Marshall Murdock (father)
  • Victoria Mayberry Murdock (mother)

Victor Murdock (March 18, 1871 – July 8, 1945) was an American politician and

newspaper editor who served as a U.S. Representative from Kansas
.

Life

Victor Murdock was born in

Wichita Eagle until the year 1903.[1] In 1892, he reported on the Representative and future president William McKinley's campaign for governor of Ohio.[2]

Murdock was covering the Kansas legislature when he decided to run for a vacancy in the United States House of Representatives and was elected to follow

Progressive Party and was the party's choice for Speaker of the House in 1912
. Murdock served in Congress until March 3, 1915.

He was elected as chairman of the Progressive Party in 1914 and 1916.[4][5] In 1916, when Theodore Roosevelt refused to run, the Progressive Party nominated Murdock for president, but he did not appear on the ballot. Murdock worked as a war correspondent in 1916 and in 1917, he was appointed to the Federal Trade Commission by President Woodrow Wilson. Murdock served to that role until his resignation in 1924 to become the editor for The Wichita Eagle, until his death in Wichita on July 8, 1945.[6]

References

  • United States Congress. "Victor Murdock (id: M001083)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  3. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 36. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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Party political offices
First
after direct election of Senators
was adopted in 1913
Class 3)
1914
 Party dissolved
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 7th congressional district
May 26, 1903–March 3, 1907 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
District created
 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 8th congressional district
March 4, 1907–March 3, 1915 		Succeeded by
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