Charles H. Phillips | |
State: | Wisconsin |
State Senate: | Wisconsin |
District: | 23rd |
Term: | January 1, 1879 |
Predecessor: | William W. Reed |
Successor: | Joseph Bray Bennett |
State Assembly1: | Wisconsin |
District1: | Jefferson 2nd |
Term Start1: | January 3, 1876 |
Term End1: | January 7, 1878 |
Predecessor1: | Austin Kellogg |
Successor1: | John Dwight Bullock |
Term Start2: | January 3, 1870 |
Term End2: | January 2, 1871 |
Predecessor2: | Sylvester J. Conklin |
Successor2: | William Lawrence Hoskins |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1824 |
Birth Place: | Westmoreland, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lake Mills, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Rock Lake Cemetery, |
Charles Henry Phillips (February 21, 1824January 1, 1879) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Jefferson County, and was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate, but died before the start of the legislative session.
Phillips was born Charles Henry Phillips on February 21, 1824, in Westmoreland, New York.[1] He moved to Lake Mills, Wisconsin, in 1849. Phillips was a farmer and livestock dealer. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly for the 1870, 1876, and 1877 sessions, running on the Republican Party ticket.[1]
He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in the 1878 general election, but died on January 1, 1879, technically the first day of his term, but before the start of the legislative session.[2] [3]
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