William A. Phillips

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 by David Perley Lowe
Succeeded by Seat 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 by Redistricted from At-large district
Succeeded by John Alexander Anderson
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
In office
1865
Personal details
Born (1824-01-14)January 14, 1824
Paisley, Scotland
Died November 30, 1893(1893-11-30) (aged 69)
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
Resting place Salina, Kansas
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.

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

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    United States House of Representatives
    Preceded by
    Seat created    		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Kansas's at-large congressional district
    1873–1875     		Succeeded by
    Seat eliminated
    Preceded by
    District created    		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Kansas's 1st congressional district
    1875–1879     		Succeeded by
    John A. Anderson
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