Abe Murdock
Member of theNational Labor Relations Board
In office August 1, 1947 – December 16, 1957
United States Senator fromUtah
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947
Preceded by	William H. King
Succeeded by	Arthur V. Watkins
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromUtah's1st district
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1941
Preceded by	Don B. Colton
Succeeded by	Walter K. Granger
Personal details
Born	Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (1893-07-18)July 18, 1893 Austin, Nevada, U.S.
Died	September 15, 1979(1979-09-15) (aged 86) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place	Mountain View Cemetery inBeaver, Utah
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Mary Violet Yardley Murdock
Children	6
Education	University of Utah

Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (July 18, 1893 – September 15, 1979) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of both chambers of theUnited States Congress forUtah. From 1947 to 1957, he served as a member of theNational Labor Relations Board.

Born inAustin, Nevada,^[1] he moved with his parents toBeaver, Utah, in 1898. Murdock attended the public schools and Murdock Academy in Beaver, and theUniversity of Utah atSalt Lake City.

Murdock studied law and was admitted to thebar in 1922.

He was a member of the Beavercity council in 1920 and 1921 and was county attorney in 1923–1924, 1927–1928, and 1931–1932. He served as city attorney of Beaver from 1926 to 1933, and was an unsuccessfulDemocratic candidate fordistrict attorney for the fifth Utah district in 1928.

In 1932, Murdock ran for and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress and was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1941.

Instead of running for reelection in 1940, he challenged incumbent SenatorWilliam H. King for the Democratic nomination. King had opposed PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt'sproposal to expand the Supreme Court and Roosevelt's candidacy for an unprecedented third term, while Murdock was a "100%New Dealer" who strongly supported Roosevelt.^[2] Murdock defeated King for the nomination and was elected as a Democrat to the Senate, serving from January 3, 1941, to January 3, 1947.

Murdock was defeated by RepublicanArthur Vivian Watkins in his bid for reelection in 1946.

After his defeat, he resumed the practice of law and engaged in agricultural pursuits and livestock raising. From 1947 to 1957, he was a member of theNational Labor Relations Board and in 1960 was a member of the Atomic Energy Labor-Management Relations Panel.

Murdock died of natural causes inBethesda, Maryland, in 1979, and was interred in Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver, Utah.

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