Former Minnesota House Representative Mary Murphy(DFL) will be put in hospice after suffering a stroke last week. House Speaker Melissa Hortman shared the news Monday, adding that Murphy’s ...

Mary Murphy, the longest-serving woman and second-longest-serving member of the Minnesota House, died on Christmas Day at the age of 85, according to Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman.

Mary Murphy, one of the longest serving members of the Minnesota House carrying out the role for 46 years, has died. She’s also being remembered as a former social studies teacher at Duluth ...

Murphy, a DFLer, served Northern Minnesota for more than 45 years as a member of the Minnesota House. She was the second-longest-serving lawmaker and the longest-serving woman at the state capitol.

State Rep. Mary Murphy, DFL-Hermantown, right, speaks during debate on a flood relief bill as Rep. Greg Davids, R-Preston, looks on at the Capitol in St. Paul on August 24, 2012.

Mary Jo Murphy is a deputy editor on the Democracy team at The Washington Post. She was previously an editor in the Outlook section, and before that an editor for more than 20 years at The New ...

Mary Murphy, the longest-serving woman and second-longest-serving member of the Minnesota House, died on Christmas Day at the age of 85, according to Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman.

“Mary Murphy was a mentor, a friend, and a champion for building a better Minnesota,” said Rep. Fue Lee, Co-Chair of the House Capital Investment Committee and author of HF 1090.