Philip Wayne "Phil" Stephenson | |
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Texas State Representative from District 85 (Fort Bend, Jackson, and Wharton counties) | |
Assumed office January 2013 |
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Preceded by | Jim Landtroop (transferred to District 88 and defeated) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Duncan, Oklahoma, USA |
February 5, 1945
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Barbara Stephenson (m. 1973-2016; her death) |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Wharton, Wharton County, Texas |
Alma mater |
Plainview High School |
Occupation | Businessman |
Religion | United Methodist |
Plainview High School
South Plains College
Phillip Wayne Stephenson, known as Phil Stephenson (born February 5, 1945), is a Certified Public Accountant from Wharton, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 85 based in Wharton, Fort Bend, and Jackson counties in the southeastern portion of the state.
A native of Duncan in Stephens County in southern Oklahoma southwest of Lawton. Other notable persons from Duncan include the actor and director Ron Howard, the football coach Jackie Sherrill, the late diplomat Jeane Kirkpatrick, and the musician Hoyt Axton. At some point, he moved to Hale County, north of Lubbock, Texas, where he graduated in 1964 from Plainview High School in Plainview. He then attended South Plains College, a community college in Levelland, Texas, and then Texas Tech University in Lubbock, from which he received in 1969 a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.