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Elihu Phillips

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Through the 1840s, Phillips was active in contracting. He was contracted to build a 60 mile stretch of railroad in western New York. In the year after his election to the New York Assembly, he was appointed canal appraiser and served two years in that role. Afterward he took another railroad
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Elihu Phillips was married twice. He married Harriet Tousley in 1825, but she died just six months later. In 1828, he married Eleanor Jones, who died in 1838. With his second wife, he had three children, but none survived him: two died in childhood and the third at age 22.
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at the Republican state convention. He led in the first two rounds of balloting, falling 8 votes short of a majority in both votes. In the third round,
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He died at his home in Fond du Lac on January 10, 1884. He was in poor health and withdrawn from society for several years before his death.
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In the later part of the decade, Phillips secured a charter for the Fond du Lac Savings Bank and served two years as president of the bank.
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in 1845, to serve in the 1846 session. While living in New York, he was also involved in the state militia and held the rank of colonel.
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He did not run for re-election in 1861, and was subsequently appointed provost marshal of the Fond du Lac district under the
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His closest remaining relative at his death was his niece, Susan, a daughter of Lyman Phillips, who was then the wife of
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overtook Phillips and secured the nomination. Phillips subsequently received the Republican nomination for
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He defeated Democrat D. E. Hoskins in the general election and went on to serve in the
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County Republican convention in 1855. In 1859, he was nearly nominated for
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Phillips worked closely with his brother, Lyman, for much of his life.
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He also became active in local politics as a member of the
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Heg, J. E., ed. (1882). "Annals of the Legislature".
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His name was often abbreviated as 634:History of Onondaga County, New York 624: 473:contract, building a stretch of the 937:Onondaga County, New York 728: 582: 480: 167:Onondaga County, New York 108:Serving with Lake I. Teft, 13: 1008:19th-century Wisconsin politicians 437: 411:sessions, and earlier represented 14: 1024: 998:19th-century American legislators 698:"The Republican State Convention" 395:pioneer. He was a member of the 506:Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 16:19th century American politician 327: 306: 706:. September 3, 1859. p. 2 690: 674:. September 5, 1855. p. 1 660: 637:. D. Mason & Co. pp.  1: 973:People from Manlius, New York 771:. January 12, 1884. p. 1 575: 475:Ohio and Mississippi Railway 432: 401:Fond du Lac County 7: 442:Elihu Phillips was born in 10: 1029: 983:New York (state) sheriffs 943: 933: 927: 922: 912: 893: 885: 878: 856: 822: 800: 793: 448:Onondaga County, New York 413:Onondaga County, New York 382: 374: 366: 340: 287: 265: 249: 232: 212: 207: 203: 193: 183: 172: 164: 143: 120: 99: 83: 71: 59: 48: 32: 28: 21: 763:"Hon. Elihu L. Phillips" 557:Personal life and family 370:Lyman Phillips (brother) 317:Eleanor Dashiell (Jones) 827:New York State Assembly 795:New York State Assembly 768:Wisconsin State Journal 703:Wisconsin State Journal 668:"Senatorial Convention" 631:Clayton, W. W. (1878). 467:New York State Assembly 417:New York State Assembly 87:New York State Assembly 539:, in the midst of the 532:legislative sessions. 243:Fond du Lac, Wisconsin 872:& Joseph Prindle 518:20th Senate district 389:Elihu Lyman Phillips 357:Ellen E. A. 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Index

Wisconsin Senate
20th
Edward Pier
George W. Mitchell
New York State Assembly
Onondaga County
Dennis McCarthy
Onondaga County, New York
Manlius, New York
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Oakwood Cemetery
Syracuse, New York
Republican
Whig
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Senate
Fond du Lac County
1860
1861
Onondaga County, New York
New York State Assembly
1846 session
Manlius
Onondaga County, New York
Amos P. Granger
Syracuse, New York
Whig Party
New York State Assembly
Ohio and Mississippi Railway
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

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