Button, Campaign
Object number2011.131.4
Datec. 1993
Mediumsteel
Credit LineGift of Vivian Fondy
DescriptionCircular button with blue print on white background.Dimensions2.5 x 2.5 in. (6.4 x 6.4 cm)InscriptionsBlue print "Murphy / for / Mayor".
Historical NotesThomas J. "Tom" Murphy, Jr. (born August 15, 1944) is a Democratic politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From January 1994 until January 2006 he served as mayor of Pittsburgh. At the time of donation (2011), Murphy was the Senior Resident Fellow for Urban Development at the Urban Land Institute.The son of a steel worker, Murphy graduated from John Carroll University in Cleveland in 1967 and received a graduate degree from Hunter College in urban studies in 1973. From 1970 to 1972, Murphy and his wife Mona were in the Peace Corps in rural Paraguay, constructing sanitation facilities and an elementary school. After the Peace Corps, Murphy returned to Pittsburgh and became a neighborhood organizer for the North Side before entering local politics. Prior to his November 1993 election as mayor, Murphy served as a member of the State House, representing Pittsburgh's North Side 20th Legislative District. In 1989, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic primary nomination for mayor. Murphy was elected the mayor of Pittsburgh in 1993 and was sworn-in in January 1994. Albert Fondy was a Pittsburgh Public School teacher who served over thirty-seven years in the leadership of various local and state teachers unions. Fondy was elected to serve fifteen consecutive terms as president of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, twelve terms as president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers and was elected vice president of the American Federation of Teachers in 1980.
Related person
Thomas J. Murphy Jr.
(born 1944)
Related institution
Democratic Party
Related institution
John Carroll University
Related institution
Hunter College
Related institution
Peace Corps
Previous owner
Albert Fondy
On View
Not on view1973-1985
c. 1980
c. 1989
c. 2002
1988
1981-1985
1981-1985
2004
1988