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Phillips, Thomas W – Phister, Elijah Conner

Phillips, Thomas W

public official, congressman, was born Feb. 23, 1835, in Beaver county, Pa. When the Producers' Protective association was formed in 1887, he was elected president of the association without opposition, and continued to serve in that capacity for three years.

He is president of the Citizens' National bank of New Castle, Pa., and president of the electric street railway of the same place. He was elected to the fifty-third and re-elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican. man

Phillips, Wendell

orator, author, was born Nov. 29, 1811, in Boston, Mass.

He was a celebrated orator of Boston, a vehement opponent of slavery, and an active champion of labor reform and wosuffrage. He was the author of The Constitution a Pro-Slavery Contract; Lectures, Orations and Letters to 1861; Speeches, Lectures and Addresses; and The Scholar in a Republic. He died Feb. 2, 1884, in Boston, Mass.

Phillips, Willard

lawyer, author, was born Dec. 19, 1784, in Bridgewater, Mass. He was a lawyer of Boston, and the author of Treatise on the Law of Insurance; Manual of Political Economy; The Law of Patents; The Inventor's Guide; and Protection and Free Trade. He died Sept. 9, 1873, in Cambridge, Mass.

Phillips, William A

soldier, journalist, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 14, 1826, in Scotland. He went to Kansas as a writer for the New York Tribune. He entered the army as major in 1861, and commanded an Indian regiment during the war in the west. He was a member of the state legislature of Kansas. He was elected to the fortythird, forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses as a republican. a

Phillipse, Frederick

philanthropist, was born in 1626 in Holland. In 1699 he erected at his own expense, opposite Castle Phillipse, a substantial church, which is now the oldest religious edifice in the state of New York. He was a member of the governor's council for more than twenty years. rs. He died Dec. 23, 1702, in New York city.

Philson, Robert

governor, was born in Ireland. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1819 to 1821.

Phin, John

journalist, author, was born Sept. 9, 1832, in Scotland. He is a New York publisher of technical journals, and the author of Open-Air Grape Culture; Chemical History of the Creation; Practical Treatise on Lightning Rods; How to Use the Microscope; Workshop Companion; Preparation and Use of Cements and Glue; Dictionary of Practical Agriculture; Trade Secrets and Private Recipes; and A Pocket Dictionary of Monetary and Coinage Terms.

Phinizy, Charles H

railroad president, was born Jan. 16, 1835, in Augusta, Ga. From 1882-87 he was president of the Augusta cotton factory, and in 1888 became president of the Atlanta and West Point railroad, and of the Western railroad of Atlanta.

Phinney, Edwin R

manufacturer, state legislator, was born Aug. 3, 1846, in Bangor, Maine. In 1883 he served with distinction as a representative in the Michigan state legislature. He is now president of the Cleveland Shingle company of Cleveland, Ohio.

Phipps, William

governor, was born Feb. 2, 1651, in Maine. He served in the colonial army against the French in 1690, and in 1692 became the first royal governor of Massachusetts. He died Feb. 18, 1695, in London, England.

Phister, Elijah Conner

lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 8, 1822, in Maysville, Ky. He was mayor of Maysville in 1847 and 1848, and was elected circuit judge in 1856 and served six years. He was a representative in the state legislature from 1867 to 1871, and was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a democrat.