Stephen C. Phillips
Stephen C. Phillips | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district | |
| In office December 1, 1834 – September 28, 1838 | |
| Preceded by | Rufus Choate |
| Succeeded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| 2nd Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1838 – March 1842 | |
| Preceded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Palfray Webb |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1830 | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1824-1829 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Clarendon Phillips November 4, 1801 Salem, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 26, 1857 (aged 55) St. Lawrence River, near Quebec City, Quebec |
| 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 a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Phillips was born in
Phillips was elected as a
Phillips was mayor of Salem from 1838 to 1842, but was defeated as the Free Soil candidate for governor in 1848 and 1849. He engaged in the lumber business in Canada. He perished in the burning of the steamer Montreal on the St. Lawrence River on June 26, 1857, near Quebec City.[6] His body was never found, but there is a monument to him in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem.
References
- ^ Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1878, p. 289
- ^ a b Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 236
- ^ Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1878, p. 162
- ^ Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1878, p. 288
- ^ Bond, Henry and Jones, Horatio. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1860, pgs. 872-882
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald
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