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Murdock (VICTOR American politician)

VICTOR, American politician and editor; born at Burlingame, Kan., in 1871, he engaged, after a public school education, in the newspaper business, and from 1894 to 1903 was manag, ing editor of the "Wichita Daily Eagle."

He was elected to Congress in 1903 and re-elected in 1905 and retained his seat till 1915. In the latter part of his term he passed from being a Republican to being a Progressive, sive, and in 1914 represented Kansas Progressives as candidate for the U. S. Senate, being defeated by Charles Curtis, Republican. He has been MURGHAB member of the Federal Trade Commission at Washington since 1917, and was appointed member of the Meat Commission of the Government in April, 1918.