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Tom Murphy: Through the years
Former state House Speaker Tom Murphy had a career that spanned five governors and the uprising of Atlanta as a major metro city. Take a glance at his days in power.
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
Tom Murphy: Through the years
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With a huge gavel in one hand and a fat cigar in his mouth, Tom Murphy employed humor, sarcasm and fear as the House Speaker to keep sometimes rowdy legislators in line. He died Monday at the age of 83.

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