Stephen C. Phillips

Stephen C. Phillips
Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Massachusetts's 2nd district
In officeDecember 1, 1834 – September 28, 1838
Preceded by	Rufus Choate
Succeeded by	Leverett Saltonstall
2nd Mayor ofSalem, Massachusetts
In office1838 – March 1842
Preceded by	Leverett Saltonstall
Succeeded by	Stephen Palfray Webb
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office1830
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office1824-1829
Personal details
Born	Stephen Clarendon PhillipsNovember 4, 1801 Salem, Massachusetts
Died	June 26, 1857 (aged 55) St. Lawrence River, near Quebec City, Quebec
Party	Whig, Free Soil[1]
Spouse(s)	Jane Appleton Peele, m. November 6, 1822, d. December 19, 1837; Margaret Mason Peele, m. September 3, 1838, d. July 15, 1883[2]
Children	Stephen H. Phillips
Alma mater	Harvard[2][3]
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Stephen Clarendon Phillips (November 4, 1801 – June 26, 1857) was a U.S. representative from Massachusetts.

Phillips was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to Stephen and Dorcas (Woodbridge) Phillips.^[4] He was a descendant of Rev. George Phillips of Watertown, the progenitor of the New England Phillips family in America.^[5] He graduated from Harvard University in 1819. Phillips' engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1824 to 1829. He then served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1830.

Phillips was elected as a National Republican to the Twenty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rufus Choate. He was reelected as a National Republican to the Twenty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress serving from December 1, 1834, to September 28, 1838, when he resigned.

Phillips was mayor of Salem from 1838 to 1842, but was defeated as the Free Soil candidate for governor in 1848 and 1849. He engaged in the lumber business in Canada. He perished in the burning of the steamer Montreal on the St. Lawrence River on June 26, 1857, near Quebec City.^[6] His body was never found, but there is a monument to him in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem.

References

1. Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1878, p. 289
2. Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 236
3. Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1878, p. 162
4. Essex Institute historical collections, Volume 15, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1878, p. 288
5. Bond, Henry and Jones, Horatio. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1860, pgs. 872-882
6. Sydney Morning Herald