Phelps, James
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 12, 1822, in Colebrook, Conn. He was a member of the Connecticut state house of representatives in 1853-56, and of the state senate in 1858-59. He was elected a judge of the superior court of Connecticut in 1863 for the term of eight years, and was re-elected for a similar term in 1871. He was elected a judge of the supreme court of errors of the state in 1873, and resigned in 1875 upon his election to the fortyfourth congress. He was a member of the forty-fifth and forty-sixth congresses, and was re-elected to the forty-seventh congress as a democrat.