Tuley, Murray F. (1827-1905) Murray F. Tuley was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Tuley studied law at the Louisville Law Institute, served in the Mexican War, and became Attorney General of New Mexico in 1849 and a member of the Territorial Legislature from 1853-1854. After returning to Chicago, he became Counsel to the Corporation of Chicago. As Counsel, served as one of the key organizers of reconstruction after the Great Chicago Fire. In 1878 he became Alderman of the First Ward and, in 1879, a justice on the Cook County Circuit Court.