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NAME: Frank Murphy
OCCUPATION: Supreme Court Justice, Mayor
BIRTH DATE: April 13, 1890
DEATH DATE: July 19, 1949
EDUCATION: University of Michigan
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harbor Beach, Michigan
PLACE OF DEATH: Detroit, Michigan
Originally: William Francis Murphy

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Frank Murphy served as associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1940 to 1949. He established the Civil Rights Unit of the Department of Justice.

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Associate justice of the Supreme Court, Frank Murphy, was born on April 13, 1890, in Harbor Beach, Michigan. He studied law at the University of Michigan and served in World War I. Detroit elected him mayor in 1930. He later served as U.S. high commissioner in the Philippines. Known for as an advocate for individual and civil rights, he denounced the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.

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