William Addison Phillips | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Kansas'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | David Perley Lowe |
| Succeeded by | Seat redistricted as1st District |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Redistricted from At-large district |
| Succeeded by | John Alexander Anderson |
| Member of theKansas House of Representatives | |
| In office 1865 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1824-01-14)January 14, 1824 |
| Died | November 30, 1893(1893-11-30) (aged 69) |
| Resting place | Salina, Kansas |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1862–1865 |
| Rank | .svg) Colonel |
| Unit | 3rd Indian Home Guard |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
William Addison Phillips (1824–1893) was a Free-State Abolitionist journalist during the "Bleeding Kansas" period. He also served in the Civil War, ending the war as a colonel.
Born inPaisley, Scotland, Phillips attended the common schools of Paisley.He immigrated to the United States in 1838 with his parents, who settled inRandolph County, Illinois. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was employed as a newspaper correspondent 1845–1862. He studied law. He wasadmitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice inLawrence, Kansas, working also as a correspondent for theNew YorkTribune. He was first justice of theKansas Supreme Court under theLeavenworth Constitution. In 1858, he settled and founded the city ofSalina, Kansas with a wagon circle against constant threat by hostile tribes.[1][2] During theAmerican Civil War, though offered a large sum to be a correspondent at the front, he entered theUnion Army as a volunteer, and raised some of the first troops in Kansas in 1861. He was a major in the1st Indian Home Guard. He was promoted to colonel and served as commander of theCherokee Indian Regiment in the3rd Indian Home Guard.[3] He served as prosecuting attorney ofCherokee County in 1865. He served in the state House of Representatives in 1865.
He was elected as aRepublican to theForty-third,Forty-fourth, andForty-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 atWashington, 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 ofPhillipsburg, Kansas was named in honor William A. Phillips.
As news of the battle spread, the potential for settlement lured Phillips, who was in Lawrence, to return to the area where Salina would be founded.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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