George A. Murphy

George Austin Murphy (March 16, 1923 – August 11, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life Murphy was born on March 16, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York City and raised in Merrick, New York. He attended Merrick Grammar School and Wellington C. Mepham High School. Murphy then enrolled at St. John's University, but left to enter the U.S. Army during World War II. He served in both the European and Pacific theatres and rose to the rank of major. Murphy practiced law in Seaford, Nassau County, and entered politics as a Republican. In 1952, he married Teresa, and they had ten children.

In 1954, Murphy was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. Murphy was re-elected in 1992 and retired in 1998.

Nassau County District Court Judge Terence Murphy (born 1956) is his son.