Notability - When elected to Congress in 2006, then 33-year-old Patrick Murphy became the only Iraq War veteran member of the 110th Congress. Murphy was reelected with 57% of the vote in 2008, and was joined in Congress by three other Iraq War vets.
In his first term, Murphy was the only freshman assigned to the prestigious House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Patrick Murphy is part of the House Blue Dog Democrats, a influential, fiscally conservative, pro-business group.
Career Path –
1996 – 2000 – Worked as a legislative aide to Thomas Tangretti, a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania legislature; at the Harrisburg Civil Law Clinic, a legal aid society; and taught government at Mt. St. Mary’s College. 2000 – Murphy went active duty in the U.S. Army, and was first assigned to teach constitutional law at the West Point U.S. Military Academy. 2001 – After the 9/11 attacks, Murphy volunteered for overseas duty. He served first in Bosnia, then in Baghdad for seven months in 2003-04 as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. Murphy earned the Bronze Star for service and his unit earned the Presidential Unit Citation. Murphy left the military in 2004.
Birth – October 19, 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a Philadelphia police officer and a secretary.
Education – In 1991, Patrick Murphy attended Bucks Community College before transferring to King's College in Wilkes-Barre, where he was student body president, captain of the hockey team, and an ROTC cadet.
After earning a B.A., Murphy was commissioned as an officer with the rank of Second Lieutenant. Congressman Murphy then studied at Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, earning a J.D. in 1996.
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