Politics
- William Murphy (Irish politician) (1892–1967), Irish Fine Gael TD
- William Murphy (Wisconsin legislator), Irish-born merchant and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- William J. Murphy (Labour politician) (born 1928), Irish Labour Party politician
- William J. Murphy (1912–1993), U.S. Democratic politician from Idaho
- William J. Murphy (Rhode Island politician) (born 1963), U.S. Democratic politician from Rhode Island
- William Samuel Murphy (1882–1961), Canadian politician
- William T. Murphy (1899–1978), American member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois
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