Born in Massachusetts to Thomas and Jane Dunlop Murdock,[1] Murdock received his undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1896, and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1899.
[2] He had his legal career in Providence, Rhode Island, becoming a partner in the law firm of Murdock & Tillinghast in 1911,[1] and serving as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island.
[2] A Republican, he was appointed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court in 1929,[2] to a seat vacated by the resignation of Chief Justice William H.
He died from a heart attack in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 74,[1] while preparing to preside over Wage Stabilization Board hearing.
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