Charles A. Phelps

Charles Abner Phelps
40th President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1858 – 1858
Preceded by	Charles W. Upham
Succeeded by	William Claflin
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Fourth Suffolk Senate District
In office 1857 – 1858
Preceded by	Daniel Warren
Succeeded by	George A. Shaw
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1856 – 1856
Succeeded by	Julius Rockwell
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1855 – 1856
Personal details
Born	October 19, 1820 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	April 27, 1902 Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Know Nothing,Republican
Spouse(s)	Phoebe Harris
Children	Charles Harris Phelps
Alma mater	Union College, 1841; Harvard Medical School, 1844
Profession	Physician

Charles Abner Phelps was a U.S. physician, diplomat, and politician, who served as a member, and the Speaker, of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and as a member and the President of the Massachusetts Senate.

Phelps was born to Dr. Abner Phelps and Delia Hubbell (Clark) Phelps on October 19, 1820 on Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Phelps attended the Mount Pleasant Classical School in Amherst, Massachusetts, where one of his classmates was Henry Ward Beecher Phelps then went on to study at the Boston Latin School and then Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he then studied with a private tutor in Cambridge, Massachusetts to prepare himself for Yale College. Phelps attended Yale for a year then he transferred to Union College where he graduated in 1841. Phelps then attended Harvard Medical School graduating in 1844, he did his post graduate work at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Phelps married Phobe Harris of Albany, New York, she was the sister of U.S. Senator Ira Harris. On September 14, 1845 their son Charles Harris Phelps was born.

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