Biography
John Phillips was born in Richmond, Vermont. He moved to Wiota, Wisconsin Territory in 1846, where he taught school and studied medicine. In 1848, he moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Phillips graduated from Rush Medical College in 1853. He was an abolitionist. He served in local government in town government, board of education, and on the Portage County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1860 and 1864 as a Republican and in the Wisconsin State Senate in 1891. He also served on the Wisconsin Normal School Board of Regents and on the United States Military Academy Board of Visitors. Phillips died in Stevens Point on July 26, 1903.Notes
1823 births 1903 deaths People from Richmond, Vermont People from Wiota, Wisconsin People from Stevens Point, Wisconsin Rush Medical College alumni American abolitionists Physicians from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Republican Party Wisconsin state senators 19th-century American legislators {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub