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William Francis "Frank" Murphy (April 13, 1890 – July 19, 1949) was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He served as First Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District (1920–1923), Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit (1923–1930), Mayor of Detroit (1930–1933), the last Governor-General of the Philippines (1933–1935), U.S. High Commissioner of the Philippines (1935–1936), Governor of Michigan (1937–1939), United States Attorney General (1939–1940), and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice (1940–1949). Murphy was born in Harbor Beach to Irish parents, John T. Murphy and Mary Brennan, who raised him as a devout Catholic. He followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a lawyer. He attended the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a member of the senior society Michigamua. He graduated with a BA in 1912 and LLB in 1914. This was a combined literary and law course, a program in which students would first earn a baccalaureate degree in liberal arts and then proceed to the study of law.