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

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in Congress.

Biography

Born in

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, Phillips attended the common schools of Paisley. He immigrated to the United States in 1838 with his parents, who settled in

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. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was employed as a newspaper correspondent 1845–1862. He studied law. He was

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in 1855 and commenced practice in

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, working also as a correspondent for the New York ''Tribune''. He was first justice of the

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under the

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. In 1858, he settled and founded the city of

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with a wagon circle against constant threat by hostile tribes. During the

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, though offered a large sum to be a correspondent at the front, he entered the

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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 Regiment in the 3rd Indian Home Guard. He served as prosecuting attorney of

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in 1865. He served in the state House of Representatives in 1865. He was elected as a

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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

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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,

. The city of

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was named in honor William A. Phillips.

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