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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJohn Finis PHILIPS
(1834-1919)
PHILIPS, John Finis, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Thralls Prairie, Boone
County, Mo., December 31, 1834; attended the common schools, the
University of Missouri at Columbia, and was graduated from Centre
College, Danville, Ky., in 1855; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Pettis County,
Mo.; member of the State constitutional convention in 1861; during
the Civil War was commissioned colonel in 1862 and commanded the
Seventh Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Cavalry; resumed the practice
of his profession at Sedalia, Mo.; served as mayor; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1868; unsuccessful candidate for
election in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress; elected as a Democrat
to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877); elected
to the Forty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Alfred M. Lay and served from January 10, 1880, to March 3,
1881; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the
Forty-seventh Congress; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1881 and
resumed the practice of law; commissioner of the Missouri Supreme
Court 1883-1885; judge of the Kansas City Court of Appeals
1885-1888; appointed United States judge of the western district of
Missouri by President Cleveland in 1888 and served until 1910, when
he retired from public life; died at Hot Springs, Ark., March 13,
1919; interment in Mount Washington Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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