William A. Phillips

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William A. Phillips

William Addison Phillips (born January 14, 1824 in Paisley , Scotland , † November 30, 1893 in Fort Gibson , Indian Territory ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Phillips attended schools in his Scottish homeland. In 1838 he emigrated to America with his parents. The family initially settled in Randolph County , Illinois , where they worked in agriculture. Between 1845 and 1862 William Phillips worked as a newspaper correspondent; at the same time he studied law. After being admitted to the bar in 1855, he began practicing his new profession in Lawrence , Kansas Territory . Then he became a judge at the Supreme Court of that territory. Phillips was also the founder of the town of Salina , Kansas.

During the Civil War he helped raise the first troops in Kansas. Later, as a Colonel , he commanded a regiment consisting mainly of Cherokee Indians who fought on the side of the Union. After the war, he became a district attorney in Cherokee County in 1865 . Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In 1865 he was elected their candidate for the Kansas House of Representatives. He was then the legal representative of the Cherokee in Washington.

In the 1872 congressional election, held state-wide, Phillips was elected to the third seat of Kansas in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . He took up this mandate on March 4, 1873. Two years later he moved to the first constituency. There he took over from David Perley Lowe on March 4, 1875 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1879 . In 1878 he was no longer nominated by his party.

In 1890, Phillips tried unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died in Fort Gibson, what is now Oklahoma, in 1893 . He was buried in Salina.

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SURNAME Phillips, William A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Phillips, William Addison (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Paisley , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1893
Place of death Fort Gibson , Indian Territory