Wendell H. Phillips

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Wendell Harrison Phillips
Delegate 41st District
In office January 10, 1979 – January 10, 1987
Constituency	Baltimore City Member of the House of
Born	November 19, 1934 Brooklyn, New York
Died	January 29, 1993 (aged 58) Baltimore, Maryland
Political party	Democratic
Children	Wendell F. Phillips
Residence	Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation	pastor
Religion	United Church of Christ

Wendell Harrison Phillips was an American politician who served in the Maryland House of Delegates and was a chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation. Phillips was one of three delegates serving the 41st legislative district, which lies in the central, northwest section of Baltimore City.

Contents 1 Background 2 Family 3 In the Legislature 4 Notes

[edit] Background

Delegate Phillips was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 19, 1934. His family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at an early age. He was baptized at the Carone Baptist church and attended Westinghouse High School, both in Pittsburgh.^[1] He earned a B.S. from Virginia Union University, attended Penn State University and received his M.Div. from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, University of Rochester. He was an ordained clergyman and senior pastor of the Heritage United Church of Christ in Baltimore, Maryland from 1964 to 1993.^[2] Phillips served on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Advisory Board from 1968 to 1970. He was the President, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in Baltimore and a delegate to the First Conference of Christians, Israelis, and Palestinians in 1976. Phillips is a past president of the NAACP of Rochester, New York and active in the Civil Rights movement.^[3]

[edit] Family

Phillips was married on June 11, 1960, the couple had one son, Wendell F. Phillips who also served in the Maryland General Assembly.

[edit] In the Legislature

Phillips was a member of the House of Delegates from 1979 to 1987 and a member of its Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee.He was also a member of the Joint Committee On Legislative Ethics. Although he was the chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation, the mortorcycle-riding, chain-smoking Phillips initially had a stormy relationship with then Baltimore mayor William Donald Schaefer. As delegation chairman, Phillips was responsible for "pushing" the legislation in Annapolis that Schaefer thought was inmportant for Baltimore. The two ultimately came to an understanding and worked together.^[4]

[edit] Notes