Francis P. Murphy
American politician
Died when: 81 years 125 days (976 months)Star Sign: Leo
Francis Parnell Murphy (August 16, 1877 – December 19, 1958) was an American manufacturer and politician from Nashua, New Hampshire.He served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and on the Governor's Council before serving as the 64th governor of New Hampshire from 1937 to 1941.
Murphy supported Roosevelt's New Deal policies and switched to the Democratic Party in an attempt to unseat U.S.Senator Styles Bridges in the 1942 Senate election.
He retired from politics to enter the radio broadcasting business and later started the WMUR radio and television stations in Manchester.
A large flood control project in northern New Hampshire at the headwaters of the Connecticut River is named for him, with Murphy Dam impounding Lake Francis.
He was also responsible for one of the first ski area aerial tramways in the United States when the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway was built in Franconia Notch.
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