Phillips, P. (Philip), 1807-1884
Variant namesLawyer, 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
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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
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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)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903. Pamphlet collection, 1788-1902. | Alabama Department of Archives and History | |
| referencedIn | McMillan, Malcolm Cook, 1910-. Papers, 1865-1988. | Auburn University. | |
| creatorOf | P. Phillips Family Papers, 1832-1914 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| creatorOf | P. Phillips Family Papers, 1832-1914 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Carmichael, Emmett B. Pamphlets vertical file--persons, [ca.1835]-[ca.1835]- | Alabama Department of Archives and History | |
| referencedIn | Phillips and Myers family papers, 1804-1928 (bulk 1862-1900). | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Person
Birth 1807-12-17
Death 1884-01-14
Birth 1807
Death 1884
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