William A. Phillips

William Addison Phillips
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's At-large district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	David Perley Lowe
Succeeded by	Seat redistricted as 1st District
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 1st district
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	Redistricted from At-large district
Succeeded by	John Alexander Anderson
Personal details
Born	(1824-01-14)January 14, 1824 Paisley, Scotland
Died	November 30, 1893(1893-11-30) (aged 69) Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
Resting place	Salina, Kansas
Political party	Republican
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	Union Army
Years of service	1862-1865
Rank	Colonel
Unit	3rd Indian Home Guard
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Old Fort Wayne Battle of Cane Hill Battle of Prairie Grove Battle of Fort Gibson Battle of Honey Springs

William Addison Phillips (January 14, 1824 - November 30, 1893) was a journalist, soldier and U.S. Representative from Kansas.

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. 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, working also as a correspondent for the New York Tribune. He was first justice of the Kansas Supreme Court under the Leavenworth Constitution. He founded the city of Salina, Kansas, in 1858. 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 afterward commissioned colonel and served as commander of the Cherokee Indian Regiment. He served as prosecuting attorney of Cherokee County in 1865. He served in the State house of representatives in 1865.

Phillips 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 was named in honor William A. Phillips.

Notes

References

• William A. Phillips at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Kansas cyclopedia
•  Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Phillips, William Addison". Encyclopedia Americana. 

External links

• William A. Phillips at Find a Grave

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.