Phillips, P. (Philip), 1807-1884

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Dates:
Birth 1807-12-17
Death 1884-01-14
Birth 1807
Death 1884

Biographical notes:

Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative from South Carolina.

From the description of Family papers of P. Phillips, 1832-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131663

Biographical Note

P. Phillips

1807, Dec. 13 Born, Charleston, S.C. 1828 Admitted to bar 1832 Delegate to South Carolina State Constitutional Convention (nullification) 1833 1835 Member, South Carolina house of representatives 1836 Married Eugenia Yates Levy (died 1913) 1836 1853 Practiced law in Mobile, Ala. 1837 President, Alabama Democratic state convention 1844 Member, Alabama house of representatives 1850 Admitted to United States Supreme Court 1851 Member, Alabama house of representatives 1853 1855 Member, United States House of Representatives, 33rd Congress 1856 Began law practice in Washington, D. C. 1861 Wife, Eugenia Levy Phillips, interned for Confederate sympathies Family sent south to Crany Island via Fort Monroe as suspected spies for Confederate States of America. Began New Orleans, La., bar practice 1862 Wife, Eugenia Levy Phillips, confined to Ship Island as rebel spy and finally released by Benjamin Butler as prisoner of war after three months 1862 1866 Began law practice in La Grange, Ga., and New Orleans, La. 1867 Removed to Washington, D. C., and resumed United States Supreme Court practice 1884, Jan. 14 Died, Washington, D. C.

W. Hallett Phillips

1853 Born, Washington, D. C. 1871 Graduated, Columbia College, Washington, D. C. 1885 1897 Special agent to investigate conditions in Yellowstone National Park 1887 Admitted to Supreme Court 1897 Drowned in Washington, D. C.

From the guide to the P. Phillips Family Papers, 1832-1914, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Justice, Administration of
  • Courts
  • Courts
  • Hopi Indians
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Lynching
  • Lynching
  • Missouri compromise
  • National parks and reserves
  • Practice of law
  • Slave trade
  • Slave trade
  • Courts
  • Indians of North America
  • Lynching
  • Slave trade

Occupations:

  • Lawyers
  • Legislators
  • Representatives, U.S. Congress

Places:

  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Key West (Fla.) (as recorded)
  • Yellowstone National Park (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Louisiana--Hahnville (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • Florida--Key West (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • Yellowstone National Park. (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)
  • Arizona (as recorded)
  • California (as recorded)

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