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Henry Myer Phillips (June 30, 1811 – August 28, 1884) was a Democratic member of the
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from
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. He was Pennsylvania's second
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congressman.


Life

Phillips was born in
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. He attended the Philadelphia schools and
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. He studied law, was
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in 1832 and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He served as clerk of the
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. Phillips was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
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. He was a delegate to the
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. He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia. He served as a trustee of
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in 1862. He was appointed a member of the Board of Fairmount Park Commissioners in 1867 and elected its president in 1881. He was a member of the Board of City Trusts in 1869, vice president of the board 1870–1878, and president 1878–1882. He served as a director of the Academy of Music in 1870 and its president in 1872, resigning in 1884. He was elected as a member to the
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in 1871. Phillips was a member of the commission to supervise the erection of the municipal buildings in Philadelphia in 1870, resigning in 1871. He was a director of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1874.


Death

Phillips died in Philadelphia in 1884 and interment was in Mount Sinai Cemetery in
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. Henry M. Phillips Masonic Lodge #337 in Monongahela, PA is named in his honor.


See also

* List of Jewish members of the United States Congress


Sources


The Political Graveyard


External links

* 1811 births 1884 deaths Politicians from Philadelphia Pennsylvania lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub