William A. Phillips

William Addison Phillips (January 14, 1824 – November 30, 1893) was a journalist, soldier and U.S. Representative from Kansas.

William Addison Phillips
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's At-large district
In office
March 4, 1873  March 3, 1875
Preceded byDavid Perley Lowe
Succeeded bySeat redistricted as 1st District
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1875  March 3, 1879
Preceded byRedistricted from At-large district
Succeeded byJohn Alexander Anderson
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office
1865
Personal details
Born(1824-01-14)January 14, 1824
Paisley, Scotland
DiedNovember 30, 1893(1893-11-30) (aged 69)
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
Resting placeSalina, Kansas
Political partyRepublican
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Years of service1862–1865
RankColonel
Unit3rd Indian Home Guard
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

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.

The city of Phillipsburg, Kansas was named in honor William A. Phillips.

Notes

    References

    • United States Congress. "William A. Phillips (id: P000315)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
    • Kansas cyclopedia
    • Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Phillips, William Addison" . Encyclopedia Americana.

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    U.S. House of Representatives Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Kansas's at-large congressional district

    18731875
    Incumbent
    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Kansas's 1st congressional district

    18751879
    Succeeded by
    John A. Anderson
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