1970 George Murphy Senate BROCHURE Team For The 70s RONALD REAGAN Actor

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1970 George Murphy Senate BROCHURE Team For The 70s RONALD REAGAN Actor
Here is your chance to own this 8-panel brochure from the 1970 senatorial reelection campaign of former Hollywood actor George Murphy. Murphy, a Republican, ran as part of California’s Republican Party’s
Team For The ‘70s
that included Ronald Reagan’s reelection bid for Governor of California. The red, white and blue brochure is entitled
Senator George Murphy He believes in America,
The brochure highlights Murphy's efforts as a first term Senator on Bi-lingual Education, the Environment, Education and Crime. Unfortunately Murphy lost his reelection bid by another "celebrity" candidate, Congressman John V. Tunney, son of former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney.
George Lloyd Murphy (July 4, 1902 – May 3, 1992) was an American dancer, actor, and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Academy Award in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California and was the first notable U.S. actor to make the successful transition to elected official in California, predating Ronald W. Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, of Irish Catholic extraction, the son of Michael Charles "Mike" Murphy, athletic trainer and coach, and the former Nora Long. He was educated at Peddie School, Trinity-Pawling School, and Yale University in his native New Haven. He worked as a tool maker for the Ford Motor Company, as a miner, a real estate agent, and a night club dancer.
In movies, Murphy was famous as a song-and-dance man, appearing in many big-budget musicals such as Broadway Melody of 1938, Broadway Melody of 1940 and For Me and My Gal. He made his movie debut shortly after talking pictures had replaced silent movies in 1930, and his career continued until he retired as an actor in 1952, at the age of 50. In 1951, he was awarded an honorary Academy Award. He was never nominated for an Oscar in any competitive category.
He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946. He was a vice president of Desilu Studios and of the Technicolor Corporation. He was director of entertainment for presidential inaugurations in 1953, 1957 and 1961.
Murphy entered politics in 1953 as chairman of the California Republican State Central Committee, having also directed the entertainment for the Eisenhower-Nixon inauguration that same year.
In 1964, he was elected to the Senate, having defeated Pierre Salinger, the former presidential press secretary in the Kennedy White House, who had been appointed several months earlier to serve the remainder of the late Clair Engle's unexpired term. Murphy served from January 1, 1965 to January 3, 1971, and is credited with beginning the United States Senate tradition of the Candy desk. Murphy assumed his seat two days early, when Salinger resigned from the seat in order to allow Murphy to gain an edge in seniority. Murphy was then appointed by Democratic Governor Pat Brown to serve the remaining two days of Salinger's term.
The brochure is in
very good condition
. Will make a wonderful addition to any collection of political campaign memorabilia. Will also ship internationally, though will have determine the cost of shipping depending on where it is being shipped.
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