Your Uncle Sam in Washington

192 p. 24 cm. Illustrations. Reference List. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Small tear at bottom of spine. Loose area of spine appears to have been reglued. Dedicated to John R. Murdock, Whose Service in the Congress of the United States has made this volume possible. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page To Marie Leap Remembering your love for the Capital City of these United States Myrtle Cheney Murdock January 1949. John Robert Murdock (April 20, 1885 - February 14, 1972) was a U.S. Representative from Arizona. He attended graduate school at the University of Arizona and at the University of California at Berkeley. He was an in Tempe, Arizona at the predecessor of Arizona State University. He was then Dean of this institution from 1933 to 1937. He wrote several textbooks on history and government. Murdock was elected as a Democrat to the 75th Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1953. For his first six terms, he was one of two at-large congressmen from Arizona. When the state was split into two districts in 1948, Murdock was elected from the 1st District, comprising Phoenix and Maricopa County. He was married to Myrtle Cheney Murdock, who popularized the accomplishments of Constantino Brumidi. Constantino Brumidi (July 26, 1805 - February 19, 1880) was a Greek-Italian-American historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. …