Thomas W. Phillips Jr.
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's26th district
In office 1923–1927
Preceded by	William H. Kirkpatrick
Succeeded by	J. Howard Swick
Personal details
Born	(1874-11-21)November 21, 1874 New Castle, Pennsylvania
Died	January 2, 1956(1956-01-02) (aged 81) Penn Township, Pennsylvania
Spouses	Alma Janet Sherman ​ (died 1945)​ Greta W. Schoenwald ​ (m. 1946)​
Children	6
Parent	Thomas Wharton Phillips
Education	Phillips Academy
Alma mater	Yale University

Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. (November 21, 1874 – January 2, 1956) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.

Phillips was born inNew Castle, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1874. He was the son of Pamphila (née Hardman) Phillips (1844–1933) andThomas Wharton Phillips (1835–1912),^[1] who also served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and later, was appointed a member of theUnited States Industrial Commission by PresidentWilliam McKinley.^[2]

Through his father, he was a descendant of Reverend George Phillips who founded theCongregational Church in New England in the 18th century.^[3]

He graduated fromPhillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts, in 1894 and from theSheffield Scientific School atYale University in 1897, where he was a member ofChi Phi fraternity.^[4]

He was engaged in thepetroleum,natural gas, andcoal businesses, taking over his father's business in 1912.^[3] He was a delegate to the1916 Republican National Convention.^[4]

Phillips was elected as a Republican to theSixty-eighth andSixty-ninth Congresses, and did not seek renomination for Congress in1926. While in Congress, he was a bitter opponent ofProhibition.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination forGovernor in 1926, 1930, and 1934.

After his service in Congress, he resumed his former occupation and was president of thePhillips Gas and Oil Co., serving for forty-four years.^[5] He was also a director of the Butler Consolidated Coal Co., and the Pennsylvania Investment and Real Estate Corp., ofButler, Pennsylvania.^[4]

Phillips was married to Alma Janet Sherman (1882–1945). Alma was the daughter of Roger Sherman, a noted lawyer inWestern 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 ofFrederick E. McCormick-Goodhart and grandson ofLeander J. McCormick,^[6] in 1928.^[7][8]
• Katherine Phillips (b. 1910), who married Lucien Gerard van Hoorn, theDutchchargé d'affaires to Austria and Hungary, in 1932.^[9] She later married British doctor Frederick L. Rutgers in 1942.^[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] He later married Jeannie Kay DeKlyn (1938–2008), a daughter of Dr. Ward Benedict DeKlyn.^[15]

After the death of his first wife in 1945, he remarried the following year to Greta W. Schoenwald.^[3] Greta, amezzo-soprano soloist,^[16] was a faculty member atBethany College inWest Virginia from 1955 to 1958.^[17]

He died at his mansion, Phillips Hall, on Butler Plank Road inPenn Township,Butler County, Pennsylvania on January 2, 1956.^[4] After a funeral at the North Street Church of Christ, where he was a member, he was buried in North Cemetery inButler, Pennsylvania.^[5]

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