Henry Myer Phillips

Henry Myer Phillips ( * June 30, 1811 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † August 28, 1884 ) was an American politician. Between 1857 and 1859 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Phillips attended the common schools and the Franklin Institute. After a subsequent law degree in 1832 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Philadelphia in this profession. He also worked at the local court of appeal as court servants. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1856, Phillips was in the fourth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Jacob Broom took up on March 4, 1857, he had beaten in the election. Since he has not been confirmed in 1858, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1859. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Phillips practiced as a lawyer again. In 1862 he was curator of the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. Since 1867 he was a member of the board to manage the urban park system in Philadelphia ( Fairmount Park ). In 1881 he became president of that body. Phillips was since 1870 the board of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, which he became Chairman in 1872. This office he held until shortly before his death in 1884. In 1870 he was also a member of the municipal building commission his hometown. Since 1874 he was also president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He died on August 28, 1884 in Philadelphia, where he was also buried.