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1903: Samuel F. Phillips, Solicitor General under Pres. Grant, Hayes, Garfield..

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23 Oct 2013 13:48 #1388 by Mamie
Death List Of A Day.

Samuel F. Phillips
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-Samuel F. Phillips, Solicitor General of the United States under President Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur, died here to-day, aged seventy-nine years. He was a native of New York City, but while still a child moved with his parents to North Carolina, where later he entered the practice of law. He was a prominent Union man throughout the war, and was an outspoken Republican in politics. Judge Phillips was a member of the United States and Venezuelan Mixed Claims Commission of 1888 and 1891. Four daughters and a son survive him. Interment will be at Chapel Hill, N.C.

Source: New York Times, New York, New York, Thursday, November 19, 1903

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