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Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. (November 21, 1874 – January 2, 1956) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania .
Early life [ edit ]
Phillips was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1874. He was the son of Pamphila (née Hardman) Phillips (1844–1933) and Thomas Wharton Phillips (1835–1912),[1] United States Industrial Commission by President William McKinley .[2]
Through his father, he was a descendant of a pastor who founded the Congregational Church in New England in the 18th century.[3]
He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts , in 1894 and from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1897, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity .[4]
He was engaged in the petroleum , natural gas , and coal businesses, taking over his father's business in 1912.[3] 1916 Republican National Convention .[4]
Phillips was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses, and did not seek renomination for Congress in 1926 . While in Congress, he was a bitter opponent of Prohibition .
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in 1926, 1930, and 1934.
Post Congress [ edit ]
After his service in Congress, he resumed his former occupation and was president of the Phillips Gas and Oil Co. , serving for forty-four years.[5] Butler, Pennsylvania .[4]
Personal life [ edit ]
Phillips was married to Alma Janet Sherman (1882–1945). Alma was the daughter of Roger Sherman, a noted lawyer in Western Pennsylvania , and Alma Caroline (née Seymour) Sherman. Together, they were the parents of six children, five of whom lived to maturity:
Janet Sherman Phillips (b. 1909), who married Leander McCormick-Goodhart (1884–1965), son of Frederick E. McCormick-Goodhart and grandson of Leander J. McCormick ,[6] [7] [8]
Katherine Phillips (b. 1910), who married Lucien Gerard van Hoorn, the Dutch chargé d'affaires to Austria and Hungary, in 1932.[9] [10] [11]
Alma Phillips (1913–1913), who died in infancy.
Margaret Sherman Phillips (1914–1990), who married Augustus Craig Succop in 1934.[12]
Thomas Wharton Phillips III (b. c. 1915 ).[13]
Roger Sherman Phillips (1922–1969), who married Virginia Dickson (1922–2011) in 1943.[14] [15]
After the death of his first wife in 1945, he remarried the following year to Greta W. Schoenwald.[3] mezzo-soprano soloist,[16] Bethany College in West Virginia from 1955 to 1958.[17]
He died at his mansion, Phillips Hall, on Butler Plank Road in Penn Township , Butler County, Pennsylvania on January 2, 1956.[4] Butler, Pennsylvania .[5]
References [ edit ]
^ Phillips, Alexander Van Cleve (1942). The Lott family in America, including the allied families: Cassell, Davis, Graybeal, Haring, Hegeman, Hogg, Kerley, Phillips, Thompson, Walter and others 92 . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ "PHILLIPS, Thomas Wharton - Biographical Information" . bioguide.congress.gov . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ a b c "Oil Leader, Ex-Lawmaker -- Funeral Tomorrow for T. W. Phillips" . The Pittsburgh Press . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ a b c d "PHILLIPS, Thomas Wharton, Jr. - Biographical Information" . bioguide.congress.gov . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
^ a b "Phillips Rites Today In Butler -- Oil-Gas Tycoon Was Bitter Foe Of Prohibition" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ "L. GOODHART, McCORMICK KIN, DIES AT 81" . Chicago Tribune 45 . Retrieved 6 May 2019 .
^ "MISS HELEN NEILSON TO WED T.B. RUDD; Member of Junior League, a Settlement Worker, Is toMarry Lawyer.MISS M. STURGES ENGAGEDSmith College Graduate Is to MarryTruxton Homans Parsons-- Other Betrothals. Sturges--Parsons. Weston--Weston. Jesser--Billingham. Woodhull--Sayward. Mulford--Throop. Butterick--Rogers. Phillips--McCormick-Goodhart. Edwards--Alliger" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 6 May 2019 .
^ "MISS JANET PHILLIPS IS WED IN WASHINGTON; Becomes the Bride of Leander McCormick-Goodhart--British Ambassador and Staff Attend" (PDF) . The New York Times . Retrieved 6 May 2019 .
^ "Phillips Family Come for Wedding" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ "International Import Attached To Nuptials -- Daughter of Butler Family Becomes Bride of London Doctor in New York; Mother Attends Ceremony" . The Pittsburgh Press . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ Lee, Cuthbert (1968). Portrait Register . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ "Girl of Colonial Ancestry Becomes Bride In Ceremony at Phillips' Hall Near Butler -- Nuptial Service Takes Place in Living Room Of Home" . The Pittsburgh Press . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ Principal Women of America . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ "Virginia Dickson Is Engaged to Marry Roger S. Phillips" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ "ROGER S. PHILLIPS SERVICES TOMORROW" . The Bridgeport Post . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ Music Clubs Magazine . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
^ Bethany College: A Liberal Arts Odyssey ISBN 9780827202962 . Retrieved 11 May 2019 .
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