Lawrence C. Phipps

Lawrence C. Phipps

Lawrence Cowle Phipps (born August 30, 1862 in Amityville , Berks County , Pennsylvania , † March 1, 1958 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Colorado in the US Senate .

Life

He grew up in Pittsburgh , where he worked as a clerk for the Carnegie Steel Company . His uncle Henry Phipps was the second largest shareholder in the company. He eventually became its vice-president . He left the company in 1901 and moved to Denver , where he was active as an investor and was elected President of the Colorado Taxpayers's Protective League in 1913 (similar to the Taxpayers Association ).

In 1918, Phipps defeated Democratic incumbent John F. Shafroth in the United States Senate election . In 1920 he represented Colorado as a delegate at the Republican National Convention . Phipps was re-elected in 1924 with the catchy slogan "One vote for Lawrence C. Phipps is another vote for Coolidge ". He chaired the United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor from 1924 to 1926 . In 1930 he did not stand for re-election .

Between 1931 and 1933, Senator Phipps and his third wife Margaret built the Phipps Estate to provide employment during the Great Depression . Margaret Phipps donated the mansion and property to the University of Denver in 1964 . Today they are the Margaret Rogers Phipps House and the Lawrence C. Phipps Memorial Conference Center, respectively .

Web links

• Lawrence C. Phipps in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lawrence C. Phipps in the database of Find a Grave (English)