William Addison Phillips --
''(Also known as
Col. William Addison Phillips, Sr ; or Wm A. P''hillips, W.A. Phillips)
anuary 14, 1824 – November 30, 1893
Wm A. Phillips ws a Free-State Abolition Journalist during the tumultuous epoch in 19th century United States history known as "Bleeding Kansas", as well as a brave & decorated Veteran of the American Civil War; ending with the commission of Colonel (Kansas Militia, Union Army/Cavalry, Company B, 1st & 3rd Indian Home Guard) although his merital nominations of promotion were prejudicly overcast by political views askewed from those of his own, thus subceeding Col. Phillips' efforts in advance of becoming not only a Brigadier General, but a Major General of which he certainly would've been afforded if not for outside inferences. Also, a Republican party based Kansas
U.S. Representative
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in Congress.
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
Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 30,163. Its county seat is Chester.
Owing to its role in the state's history, the county motto is "Where Illinois Began." ...
.
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
Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas River, Kansas and Waka ...
, working also as a correspondent for the
New York ''Tribune''.
He was first justice of the
Kansas Supreme Court under the
Leavenworth Constitution.
In 1858, he settled and founded the city of
Salina, Kansas with a wagon circle against constant threat by hostile tribes.
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 a major in the
1st Indian Home Guard. He was promoted to colonel and served as commander of the
Cherokee Indian
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...
Regiment in the
3rd Indian Home Guard.
He served as prosecuting attorney of
Cherokee County Cherokee County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
* Cherokee County, Alabama
* Cherokee County, Georgia
* Cherokee County, Iowa
* Cherokee County, Kansas
* Cherokee County, North Carolina
* Cherokee County, Oklahoma
* Cherokee Cou ...
in 1865.
He served in the state House of Representatives in 1865.
He 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
Phillipsburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,337.
History
Phillipsburg was organized in 1872 and named the county seat due to its central location in t ...
was named in honor William A. Phillips.
References
Bibliography
Kansas cyclopedia*
External links
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1824 births
1893 deaths
Scottish emigrants to the United States
Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
Politicians from Salina, Kansas
People from Paisley, Renfrewshire
People of Kansas in the American Civil War
Union Army colonels
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas
19th-century American politicians
American city founders