Biography

05/20/1861 - 12/30/1916

Elmer Isaac Phillips (R47) Beaver and Lawrence Counties

Early Life:

Elmer Isaac Phillips, born May 20, 1861, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; son of Isaac N. and Agnes Jane Morrison Phillips; preparatory school education, New Castle, Pennsylvania; Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1884; admitted, Lawrence County bar; attorney; married, Rachel Beulah Ingels, December 30, 1885; member, Lawrence County Republican Committee; member, New Castle City Council, 1892-1987; president, New Castle City Council, 1898-1899; chief operative, Lawrence Glass Company; secretary, general sales agent, American Glass Company, 1897-1903; secretary, general sales agent, American Window Glass Company, 1899-1903; member, board of directors, executive committee, Lawrence Savings and Trust Company, New Castle Portland Cement Company; trustees and treasurer, Shenango Valley Hospital; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1905-1908; died, December 30, 1916 (aged 55), New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; interment, Oak Park Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Member, Lawrence County Republican Committee; member, New Castle City Council, 1892-1987; president, New Castle City Council, 1898-1899.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 47th district, Beaver and Lawrence Counties, 1905-1908; committee assignments, Appropriations, Congressional Apportionment, Corporations, Elections (Chairman), Finance, Game and Fisheries, Insurance, Judiciary Special, Railroads.

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1908). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 909, 915-917, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 888.

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members P". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

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