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Alfred C. Murray

Republican

Date Party Office Votes Result
11-04-1924 Republican AD-77 9435 Win
11-02-1926 Republican AD-77 10304 Win
Website: www.findagrave.com/memorial/87668952/alfred-c_-murray
 

Candidate Biography:

Born: September 3, 1889 in Woodland, CA
Married: Florence
Children: Alfred Jr. and Ward
Family: Son of J. A. Murray
Military Service: ARMY (WWI)
Died (in office): December 21, 1926 near Bakersfield, CA

  • Assemblyman Murray, his wife, and Alfred Jr. were killed when their vehicle crashed into a truck and trailer during a hard rainstorm with dense fog on the freeway twenty-four miles south of Bakersfield. The location is approximately where Highways I-5 and CA-99 meet near Tejon.