Henry M. Phillips

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Henry Myer Phillips
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Preceded byJacob Broom
Succeeded byWilliam Millward
Personal details
BornJune 30, 1811
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political partyDemocratic

Henry Myer Phillips (June 30, 1811 – August 28, 1884) was a

U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was Pennsylvania's second Jewish congressman.[1]

Life

Phillips was born in

Court of Common Pleas
.

Phillips was elected as a Democrat to the

1860 Democratic National Convention
.

He resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia. He served as a trustee of

Jefferson Medical College in 1862. He was appointed a member of the Board of Fairmount 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 the Academy of Music in 1870 and its president in 1872, resigning in 1884. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1871.[2]

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 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1874.

Death

Phillips died in Philadelphia in 1884 and interment was in Mount Sinai Cemetery in

Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. Henry M. Phillips Masonic Lodge #337 in Monongahela, PA is named in his honor.

See also

Sources

  1. ISBN 9780810857315
    .
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
1857–1859 		Succeeded by


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