Chris Murphy
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Christopher Scott Murphy (born August 3, 1973) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Connecticut since 2013.
He previously served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Connecticut's 5th congressional district from 2007 to 2013.
Murphy served in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly (1999–2003) and the Connecticut Senate (2003–07), before being elected to Congress. Murphy ran for the Senate in 2012 after long-serving incumbent Joe Lieberman declared in January 2011 that he would retire from politics rather than seeking a fifth term in office.
In the Democratic primary, he overthrew Connecticut secretary of state Susan Bysiewicz, then defeated Republican nominee Linda McMahon for the open seat in the general election.
Murphy, who was 39 years old at the time, was the youngest senator of the 113th Congress.
Tom Cotton, a Democrat from Arkansas, became Arkansas' youngest senator after being elected at age 37 and surpassed Murphy as the youngest incumbent senator two years later.
Personal life
In August 2007, Murphy and his wife Catherine (née Holahan) married. They have two sons. Murphy, who was raised as a Congregationalist, says he is "not a regular churchgoer these days," but he claims he is "not a regular attender these days, in part due to children. "In part because of a jammed schedule"
Early life, education, and early career
Murphy was born in White Plains, New York, on August 3, 1973, to Catherine A. (née Lewczyk) and Scott L. Murphy He is of both Irish and Polish descent. Murphy's father is a corporate litigator who worked as the managing partner of Shipman & Goodwin, a Hartford law firm, and his mother, a former ESL teacher from the Hanmer Elementary School in Wethersfield, Connecticut, is a corporate litigator. Murphy has two younger siblings, Susannah, and Ben's brother, Ben.
Murphy is a graduate of Wethersfield High School. He obtained his B.A. He earned his degree from Williams College, his father's alma mater, as well as his J.D. Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law has a degree. Murphy attended the University of Oxford, where he was also a member of Exeter College as an undergraduate exchange student. Murphy received an honorary Doctor of Human Letters degree from the University of New Haven on May 19, 2013.
Murphy was campaign manager for Charlotte Koskoff's loss to Nancy Johnson in 1996; a decade later, Murphy will overthrowrown Johnson. Murphy worked for Connecticut State Senate Majority Leader George Jepsen from 1997 to 1998. Murphy was first elected to office in 1997, when he received a seat on the Planning and Zoning Commission in Southington.