John Murtha

Acting

June 17, 1932 — February 8, 2010New Martinsville, West Virginia, USA

John Patrick Murtha Jr. (June 17, 1932 – February 8, 2010) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1974 until his death in 2010. He is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives ever elected from Pennsylvania.