High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Patrick Joseph Murphy is the Congressman from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, an American lawyer, and a former U.S. Army soldier. Murphy is the first veteran of the Iraq War to serve in Congress. During the 110th Congress, Murphy was the only Iraq War veteran in Congress, and is now one of four members to have served in Iraq; the others are Democrat John Boccieri of Ohio and Republicans Mike Coffman of Colorado and Duncan D. Hunter of Calif ...