Henry Myer Phillips
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's4th district
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	Jacob Broom
Succeeded by	William Millward
Personal details
Born	(1811-06-30)June 30, 1811 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 28, 1884(1884-08-28) (aged 73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Henry Myer Phillips (June 30, 1811 – August 28, 1884) was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania. He was Pennsylvania's secondJewish congressman.^[1]

Phillips was born inPhiladelphia. He attended the Philadelphia schools andFranklin Institute. He studied law, wasadmitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He served as clerk of thePhiladelphia CountyCourt of Common Pleas.

Phillips was elected as a Democrat to theThirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in1858. He was a delegate to the1860 Democratic National Convention.

He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia. Mitchell was a freemason and served asgrand master of theGrand Lodge of Pennsylvania from 1859 to 1860.^[2] He served as a trustee ofJefferson Medical College in 1862. He was appointed a member of the Board ofFairmount Park Commissioners in 1867 and elected its president in 1881. He was a member of the Board of City Trusts in 1869, vice president of the board 1870–1878, and president 1878–1882. He served as a director of theAcademy of Music in 1870 and its president in 1872, resigning in 1884. He was elected as a member to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1871.^[3]

Phillips was a member of the commission to supervise the erection of the municipal buildings in Philadelphia in 1870, resigning in 1871. He was a director of thePennsylvania Railroad Company in 1874.

Phillips died in Philadelphia in 1884 and interment was in Mount Sinai Cemetery inFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Henry M. Phillips Masonic Lodge #337 in Monongahela, PA is named in his honor.

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