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 | November 21, 1874 |
| Died | January 2, 1956 (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 Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Phillips was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1874. He was the son of Pamphila (née Hardman) Phillips (1844–1933) and Thomas Wharton Phillips (1835–1912),[1] who also served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and later, was appointed a member of the United States Industrial Commission by President William McKinley.[2]
Through his father, he was a descendant of Reverend George Phillips who founded the Congregational Church in New England in the 18th century.[3]
He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1894 and from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1897, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]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 Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses, and did not seek renomination for Congress in 1926. While in Congress, he was a bitter opponent of Prohibition.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor in 1926, 1930, and 1934.
Post Congress
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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]
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External links
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