Thomas Wharton Phillips

Thomas Wharton Phillips (February 23, 1835 – July 21, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Thomas W. Phillips (father of Thomas Wharton Phillips, Jr.) was born near Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, in that section of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, now included in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and was also privately instructed. He engaged in the production of oil, and served as president of the Producers’ Protective Association from 1887 to 1890. He was president of the Citizens’ National Bank of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and a member of the board of trustees of Bethany College, West Virginia, and of Hiram College, Ohio.

Phillips was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses. He was the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Labor during the Fifty-fourth Congress. He did not seek renomination in 1896. He resumed his former pursuits, and was appointed a member of the United States Industrial Commission by President William McKinley and served until its dissolution. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908. He died in New Castle. Interment in Oak Park Cemetery, New Castle, Pennsylvania.

In 1906 Phillips was approached by his friend, Dr. Ely Zollars, for held in establishing a bible college in what was then the Oklahoma Territory. Mr. Phillips agreed to pay Dr. Zollars salary for one year while his friend sought to secure a location for the school. Phillips became a long time benefactor of the school which was initially called Oklahoma Christian University. Upon Phillips' death the trustees voted to change the name of the school to Phillips University in his honor.^[1] The university closed in 1998, but Phillips Theological Seminary which separated from the university in 1987, continues to exist as of 2016.^[2]

References

↑ "DR. ELY VAUGHN ZOLLARS, PRESIDENT 1907-1916". Phillips University Legacy Foundation.
↑ "About Phillips". Phillips Theological Seminary.

Sources

United States Congress. "Thomas W. Phillips (id: P000313)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Eugene P. Gillespie	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district 1893–1897	Succeeded by Joseph B. Showalter

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Education and Labor (1867–1883)	Baker Arnell Perce Monroe Walker Goode Updegraff Sherwin

Education (1883–1947)	Aiken Candler O'Donnell Hayes Brunner Enloe Grow Southwick Burke Lever Hughes Sears Fess Dallinger Reed Douglass Palmisano Larrabee Barden

Labor (1883–1947)	Hopkins O'Neill Wade Tarsney McGann Phillips Gardner Wilson Lewis Maher Smith Nolan Zihlman Kopp Welch Connery Norton

Education and Labor* (1947–)	Hartley Lesinski Barden McConnell Barden Powell Perkins Hawkins Ford Goodling Boehner McKeon Miller Kline Foxx (Designate)

Notes	^Alternately named Economic and Educational Opportunities* and Education and the Workforce.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 38659939 LCCN: n97066509 US Congress: P000313

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/2/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.