Stephen C. Phillips | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's2nd district | |
| In office December 1, 1834 – September 28, 1838 | |
| Preceded by | Rufus Choate |
| Succeeded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| 2ndMayor of Salem, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1838 – March 1842 | |
| Preceded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Palfray Webb |
| Member of theMassachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1830 | |
| Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1824-1829 | |
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| Born | Stephen Clarendon Phillips November 4, 1801 |
| Died | June 26, 1857 (aged 55) |
| Political party | Whig,Free Soil[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Appleton Peele, m. November 6, 1822, d. December 19, 1837; Margaret Mason Peele, m. September 3, 1838, d. July 15, 1883[2] |
| Children | Stephen H. Phillips |
| Alma mater | Harvard[2][3] |
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Stephen Clarendon Phillips (November 4, 1801 – June 26, 1857) was aU.S. Representative fromMassachusetts.
Phillips was born inSalem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips.[4] He was a descendant of Rev. George Phillips ofWatertown, the progenitor of the New England Phillips family in America.[5] He graduated fromHarvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives from 1824 to 1829. He then served in theMassachusetts State Senate in 1830.
Phillips was elected as aNational Republican to theTwenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofRufus Choate. He was reelected as a National Republican to theTwenty-fourth Congress, and elected as aWhig to theTwenty-fifth Congress serving from December 1, 1834, to September 28, 1838, when he resigned.
Phillips was mayor of Salem from 1838 to 1842, but was defeated as theFree Soil candidate for governor in 1848 and 1849. He engaged in the lumber business in Canada. He perished in the burning of the steamerMontreal on theSt. Lawrence River on June 26, 1857, nearQuebec City.[6] His body was never found, but there is a monument to him inHarmony Grove Cemetery in Salem.
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| First | Free Soil nominee forGovernor of Massachusetts 1848,1849,1850 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 2nd congressional district December 1, 1834 – September 28, 1838 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | 2ndMayor of Salem, Massachusetts 1838–1842 | Succeeded by |
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