Phillips, Henry M. (Henry Myer), 1811-1884

Dates:

Birth 1811-06-30

Death 1884-08-28

Gender:

Male

Nationality: Americans,

Language: English,

Biographical notes:

Henry Myer Phillips (June 30, 1811 – August 28, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1857 to 1859.

Born in Philadelphia, he attended Philadelphia schools and the Franklin Institute before studying law. Admitted to the bar in 1832, he commenced practice in Philadelphia, serving as clerk of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. Phillips was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858. He was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention.

After Congress, Phillips resumed the practice of law in Philadelphia. He served as a trustee of Jefferson Medical College in 1862 and was appointed a member of the Board of Fairmount Park Commissioners in 1867, being elected its president in 1881. He was a member of the Board of City Trusts in 1869, vice president of the board from 1870 to 1878, and president from 1878 to 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. 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.

Phillips died in Philadelphia in 1884 and interment was in Mount Sinai Cemetery in Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.