Stephen C. Phillips

This article is about the former US Representative from Massachusetts. For the English poet, see Stephen Phillips.
Stephen Clarendon Phillips
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office
December 1, 1834 - September 28, 1838
Preceded by Rufus Choate
Succeeded by Leverett Saltonstall
2nd Mayor of
Salem, Massachusetts
In office
1838  March 1842
Preceded by Leverett Saltonstall
Succeeded by Stephen Palfray Webb
Personal details
Born November 4, 1801
Salem, Massachusetts
Died June 26, 1857 (aged 55)
St. Lawrence River
Political party Whig, Free Soil[1]
Spouse(s) Jane Appleton Peele, m. November 6, 1822, d. December 19, 1837; Margaret Mason Peele, m. September 3, 1838, d. July 15, 1883[2]
Children Stephen H. Phillips
Alma mater Harvard[2]
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Stephen Clarendon Phillips (November 4, 1801 – June 26, 1857) was a Representative from Massachusetts.

Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips,[3] he graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1824 to 1829. He then served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1830.

Phillips was elected as a National Republican to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rufus Choate. He was reelected as a National Republican to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress serving from December 1, 1834, to September 28, 1838, when he resigned.

Phillips was mayor of Salem from 1838 to 1842, but was defeated as the Free-Soil candidate for governor in 1848 and 1849. He engaged in the lumber business in Canada. He perished in the burning of the steamer Montreal on the St. Lawrence River on June 26, 1857. His body was never found, but there is a monument to him in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem.

References

  1. Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute., 1878, p. 289. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. 1 2 Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 236.
  3. Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute., 1878, p. 288. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Rufus Choate
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district

December 1, 1834 – September 28, 1838
Succeeded by
Leverett Saltonstall
Political offices
Preceded by
Leverett Saltonstall
2nd Mayor of
Salem, Massachusetts

1838–1842
Succeeded by
Stephen Palfrey Webb
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