Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr.

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Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr.
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th district
In office
1923–1927
Children6
Parent Thomas Wharton Phillips
Education Phillips Academy
Alma mater Yale University

Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. (November 21, 1874 – January 2, 1956) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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Early life

Phillips was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1874. He was the son of Pamphila (née Hardman) Phillips (1844–1933) and Thomas Wharton Phillips (1835–1912), [1] who also served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and later, was appointed a member of the United States Industrial Commission by President William McKinley. [2]

Through his father, he was a descendant of a pastor who founded the Congregational Church in New England in the 18th century. [3]

He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1894 and from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1897, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. [4]

Career

He was engaged in the petroleum, natural gas, and coal businesses, taking over his father's business in 1912. [3] He was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention. [4]

Phillips was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses, and did not seek renomination for Congress in 1926. While in Congress, he was a bitter opponent of Prohibition.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in 1926, 1930, and 1934.

Post Congress

After his service in Congress, he resumed his former occupation and was president of the Phillips Gas and Oil Co., serving for forty-four years. [5] He was also a director of the Butler Consolidated Coal Co., and the Pennsylvania Investment and Real Estate Corp., of Butler, Pennsylvania. [4]

Personal life

Phillips was married to Alma Janet Sherman (1882–1945). Alma was the daughter of Roger Sherman, a noted lawyer in Western Pennsylvania, and Alma Caroline (née Seymour) Sherman. Together, they were the parents of six children, five of whom lived to maturity:

After the death of his first wife in 1945, he remarried the following year to Greta W. Schoenwald. [3] Greta, a mezzo-soprano soloist, [16] was a faculty member at Bethany College in West Virginia from 1955 to 1958. [17]

He died at his mansion, Phillips Hall, on Butler Plank Road in Penn Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania on January 2, 1956. [4] After a funeral at the North Street Church of Christ, where he was a member, he was buried in North Cemetery in Butler, Pennsylvania. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Phillips, Alexander Van Cleve (1942). The Lott family in America, including the allied families: Cassell, Davis, Graybeal, Haring, Hegeman, Hogg, Kerley, Phillips, Thompson, Walter and others. Edwards Brothers. p. 92. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "PHILLIPS, Thomas Wharton - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Oil Leader, Ex-Lawmaker -- Funeral Tomorrow for T. W. Phillips". The Pittsburgh Press . 3 Jan 1956. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "PHILLIPS, Thomas Wharton, Jr. - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  5. 1 2 "Phillips Rites Today In Butler -- Oil-Gas Tycoon Was Bitter Foe Of Prohibition". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 4 Jan 1956. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "L. GOODHART, McCORMICK KIN, DIES AT 81". Chicago Tribune . 17 Dec 1965. p. 45. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "MISS HELEN NEILSON TO WED T.B. RUDD; Member of Junior League, a Settlement Worker, Is toMarry Lawyer.MISS M. STURGES ENGAGEDSmith College Graduate Is to MarryTruxton Homans Parsons-- Other Betrothals. Sturges--Parsons. Weston--Weston. Jesser--Billingham. Woodhull--Sayward. Mulford--Throop. Butterick--Rogers. Phillips--McCormick-Goodhart. Edwards--Alliger" (PDF). The New York Times . 11 March 1928. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "MISS JANET PHILLIPS IS WED IN WASHINGTON; Becomes the Bride of Leander McCormick-Goodhart--British Ambassador and Staff Attend" (PDF). The New York Times . 29 April 1928. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Phillips Family Come for Wedding". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 7 Nov 1932. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "International Import Attached To Nuptials -- Daughter of Butler Family Becomes Bride of London Doctor in New York; Mother Attends Ceremony". The Pittsburgh Press . 3 Feb 1942. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  11. ↑ Lee, Cuthbert (1968). Portrait Register. Biltmore Press. p. 350. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Girl of Colonial Ancestry Becomes Bride In Ceremony at Phillips' Hall Near Butler -- Nuptial Service Takes Place in Living Room Of Home". The Pittsburgh Press . 6 May 1934. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  13. ↑ Principal Women of America. Mitre Press. 1936. p. 428. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Virginia Dickson Is Engaged to Marry Roger S. Phillips". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 29 Jan 1943. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "ROGER S. PHILLIPS SERVICES TOMORROW". The Bridgeport Post . 14 Feb 1969. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  16. ↑ Music Clubs Magazine. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1954. p. 106. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  17. ↑ Bethany College: A Liberal Arts Odyssey. Chalice Press. 2014. p. 356. ISBN   9780827202962 . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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