Philip Phillips (lawyer)
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Preceded by | John Bragg |
| Succeeded by | Percy Walker |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
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In office 1834-1836 1845-1847 |
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| Member of the South Carolina General Assembly | |
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In office 1834-1835 |
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December 17, 1807 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | January 14, 1884 (aged 76) Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Eugenia Levy |
Philip Phillips (December 17, 1807 – January 14, 1884) was an American lawyer and politician from Cheraw, South Carolina, Mobile, Alabama, and Washington, D.C. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. Representative from Alabama. Subsequently, he was a prominent lawyer in Washington, D.C., much involved in the political events surrounding the American Civil War.
Philip Phillips was born December 17, 1807 in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Aaron Phillips and Caroline Lazarus, prominent members of the Jewish community there. His father had changed his name from Pfeiffer when he immigrated around 1800 from Ansbach, Bavaria. The family were members of the Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, and in 1825 Aaron Phillips was the first president of the Reformed Society of Israelites, early leaders in the Jewish Reform movement. Philip Phillips' mother Caroline was the daughter of Marks Lazarus, a Sephardic Jewish veteran of Fort Moultrie, the siege of Savannah, and the siege of Charleston in the American Revolution. He was held as a British prisoner of war.
Educated at the Middletown Military Academy in Middletown, Connecticut, Phillips was a roommate of Thomas H. Seymour, later the "hero of Chapultepec," Governor of Connecticut, Ambassador to Russia, and opponent of military action against the South. Phillips returned to Charleston in 1825 where he studied law under John Gadsden, the U.S. District Attorney. He was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1829. He began his legal practice at the town of Cheraw, South Carolina, living with his uncle, Joshua Lazarus.
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