Career
After graduation from the Murray State School of Agriculture (now Murray State College) in 1924, he went to Bolivia where he lived for four years trying to make a success of his father's colonization expedition there. He received his law degree from Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1947. He was chairman of the Oklahoma Electoral College in 1940, and a member of the Electoral College again in 1948. Murray served as governor from 1951 to 1955. He attempted to reduce state spending but was blocked by state legislators.Since he was prohibited, constitutionally, from succeeding himself, his wife, Willie. ran for governor in 1954 but failed to win. A few months later there was a bitter divorce with Willie accusing Murray of public drunkenness and adultery. The divorce was final in 1956 and he later married Helen Shutt. Murray moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and worked for an oil well servicing company and later with a limousine service.
Murray returned to Oklahoma City and formed a law partnership with Whit Pate in February, 1960. He was a consulting attorney for the Oklahoma Department of Welfare.
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