| William Addison Phillips | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | ||
| Preceded by | David Perley Lowe | ||
| Succeeded by | Seat redistricted as 1st District | ||
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | |||
| Preceded by | Redistricted from At-large district | ||
| Succeeded by | John Alexander Anderson | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | January 14, 1824 Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Died | November 30, 1893 (aged 69) Fort Gibson, Oklahoma | ||
| Political party | Republican | ||
| Military service | |||
| Allegiance | United States | ||
| Service/branch | Union Army | ||
| Years of service | 1862-1865 | ||
| Rank | Colonel | ||
| Unit | 3rd Indian Home Guard | ||
| Battles/wars | American Civil War | ||
William Addison Phillips (January 14, 1824 - November 30, 1893) was a journalist, soldier and U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography[]
Born in Paisley, Scotland, Phillips attended the common schools of Paisley. He immigrated to the United States in 1838 with his parents, who settled in Randolph County, Illinois. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was employed as a newspaper correspondent 1845-1862. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Lawrence, Kansas, working also as a correspondent for the New York Tribune. He was first justice of the Kansas Supreme Court under the Leavenworth Constitution. He founded the city of Salina, Kansas, in 1858. During the American Civil War, though offered a large sum to be a correspondent at the front, he entered the Union Army as a volunteer, and raised some of the first troops in Kansas in 1861. He was afterward commissioned colonel and served as commander of the Cherokee Indian Regiment. He served as prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County in 1865. He served in the State house of representatives in 1865.
Phillips was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878. After leaving Congress, he was attorney for the Cherokee Indians at Washington, D.C.. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to Congress in 1890. He died at Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), November 30, 1893. He was interred in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kansas.
Notes[]
References[]
- William A. Phillips at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Kansas cyclopedia
Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920) "Phillips, William Addison" Encyclopedia Americana
External links[]
- William A. Phillips at Find a Grave
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