Thomas W. Phillips Jr.
Thomas W. Phillips Jr. | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 26th district | |
In office 1923–1927 | |
Preceded by | William H. Kirkpatrick |
Succeeded by | J. Howard Swick |
Personal details | |
Born | New Castle, Pennsylvania | November 21, 1874
Died | January 2, 1956 Penn Township, Pennsylvania | (aged 81)
Spouses | Alma Janet Sherman (died 1945)Greta W. Schoenwald (m. 1946) |
Children | 6 |
Parent | Thomas Wharton Phillips |
Education | Phillips Academy |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Thomas Wharton Phillips Jr. (November 21, 1874 – January 2, 1956) was a
Early life
Phillips was born in
Through his father, he was a descendant of a pastor who founded the
He graduated from
Career
He was engaged in the petroleum, natural gas, and coal businesses, taking over his father's business in 1912.[3] He was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention.[4]
Phillips was elected as a Republican to the
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for
Post Congress
After his service in Congress, he resumed his former occupation and was president of the Phillips Gas and Oil Co., serving for forty-four years.[5] He was also a director of the Butler Consolidated Coal Co., and the Pennsylvania Investment and Real Estate Corp., of Butler, Pennsylvania.[4]
Personal life
Phillips was married to Alma Janet Sherman (1882–1945). Alma was the daughter of Roger Sherman, a noted lawyer in Western Pennsylvania, and Alma Caroline (née Seymour) Sherman. Together, they were the parents of six children, five of whom lived to maturity:
- Janet Sherman Phillips (b. 1909), who married Leander McCormick-Goodhart (1884–1965), son of Frederick E. McCormick-Goodhart and grandson of Leander J. McCormick,[6] in 1928.[7][8]
- Katherine Phillips (b. 1910), who married Lucien Gerard van Hoorn, the Dutch chargé d'affaires to Austria and Hungary, in 1932.[9] She later married British doctor Frederick L. Rutgers in 1942.[10][11]
- Alma Phillips (1913–1913), who died in infancy.
- Margaret Sherman Phillips (1914–1990), who married Augustus Craig Succop in 1934.[12]
- Thomas Wharton Phillips III (b. c. 1915).[13]
- Roger Sherman Phillips (1922–1969), who married Virginia Dickson (1922–2011) in 1943.[14] He later married Jeannie Kay DeKlyn (1938–2008), a daughter of Dr. Ward Benedict DeKlyn.[15]
After the death of his first wife in 1945, he remarried the following year to Greta W. Schoenwald.[3] Greta, a mezzo-soprano soloist,[16] was a faculty member at Bethany College in West Virginia from 1955 to 1958.[17]
He died at his mansion, Phillips Hall, on Butler Plank Road in Penn Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania on January 2, 1956.[4] After a funeral at the North Street Church of Christ, where he was a member, he was buried in North Cemetery in Butler, Pennsylvania.[5]
References
- ^ Phillips, Alexander Van Cleve (1942). The Lott family in America, including the allied families: Cassell, Davis, Graybeal, Haring, Hegeman, Hogg, Kerley, Phillips, Thompson, Walter and others. Edwards Brothers. p. 92. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "PHILLIPS, Thomas Wharton - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Oil Leader, Ex-Lawmaker -- Funeral Tomorrow for T. W. Phillips". The Pittsburgh Press. 3 Jan 1956. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d "PHILLIPS, Thomas Wharton, Jr. - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ a b "Phillips Rites Today In Butler -- Oil-Gas Tycoon Was Bitter Foe Of Prohibition". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 4 Jan 1956. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "L. GOODHART, McCORMICK KIN, DIES AT 81". Chicago Tribune. 17 Dec 1965. p. 45. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "MISS HELEN NEILSON TO WED T.B. RUDD; Member of Junior League, a Settlement Worker, Is toMarry Lawyer.MISS M. STURGES ENGAGEDSmith College Graduate Is to MarryTruxton Homans Parsons-- Other Betrothals. Sturges--Parsons. Weston--Weston. Jesser--Billingham. Woodhull--Sayward. Mulford--Throop. Butterick--Rogers. Phillips--McCormick-Goodhart. Edwards--Alliger" (PDF). The New York Times. 11 March 1928. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "MISS JANET PHILLIPS IS WED IN WASHINGTON; Becomes the Bride of Leander McCormick-Goodhart--British Ambassador and Staff Attend" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 April 1928. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Phillips Family Come for Wedding". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 7 Nov 1932. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "International Import Attached To Nuptials -- Daughter of Butler Family Becomes Bride of London Doctor in New York; Mother Attends Ceremony". The Pittsburgh Press. 3 Feb 1942. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Lee, Cuthbert (1968). Portrait Register. Biltmore Press. p. 350. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Girl of Colonial Ancestry Becomes Bride In Ceremony at Phillips' Hall Near Butler -- Nuptial Service Takes Place in Living Room Of Home". The Pittsburgh Press. 6 May 1934. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Principal Women of America. Mitre Press. 1936. p. 428. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Virginia Dickson Is Engaged to Marry Roger S. Phillips". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 29 Jan 1943. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- The Bridgeport Post. 14 Feb 1969. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Music Clubs Magazine. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1954. p. 106. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ISBN 9780827202962. Retrieved 11 May 2019.