Phyllip Wayne Stephenson (born February 5, 1945)
is an American accountant and politician. He has represented the
85th District in the
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ...
since 2013.
A member of the
Republican Party, Stephenson also serves as an accountant at his own firm since 1976.
Education and career
Stephenson earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sy ...
in 1969, before moving to
Wharton, Texas
Wharton is a city in and the county seat of Wharton County, Texas, United States. This city is southwest of Houston. The population was 8,832 at the 2010 census and 8,627 at the 2020 census. Wharton is located on the Colorado River of Texas. ...
in 1974. Since then he opened up his own accounting firm in Wharton, Stephenson, LeGrand & Pfeil, PLLC.
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Personal life
Phil and his first wife, Barbara, have two children. They married on October 6, 1973, and a year later they both moved to their new hometown of Wharton. Barbara died on September 25, 2016.
References
External links
Campaign website
State legislative page
1945 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
21st-century American legislators
Texas Tech University alumni
People from Wharton, Texas
People from Duncan, Oklahoma
American accountants
21st-century Texas politicians
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