In Politics
- John Murphy (Alabama) (1786–1841), American Democratic Governor and Congressman from Alabama
- John Murphy (Irish Parliamentary Party) (1870–1930), Member of the UK Parliament for East Kerry, 1900–1910
- John W. Murphy (1902–1962), American Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Jack Murphy (Irish politician) (1920–1984), Irish independent politician, TD Dublin South Central, 1957–1958
- John Joseph Murphy (born 1922), Canadian politician
- John A. Murphy (born 1927), Irish historian and former independent Senator from Cork
- John Murphy (Canadian politician) (born 1937), member of the Canadian House of Commons, 1993–1997
- John Murphy (Texas) (born 1945), Councilmember and former Mayor Pro Tem of Richardson, Texas
- John Murphy (Australian politician) (born 1950), member of the House of Representatives
- John J. Murphy (born 1959), American Republican politician
- John M. Murphy (born 1926), US Congressman from New York, implicated in Abscam
- John R. Murphy (1856–1932), Massachusetts politician and attorney
- John W. Murphy (Connecticut) (1878–1963), former mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
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