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John R. Phillips (American politician)
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John Phillips (September 11, 1887 – December 18, 1983) was an American businessman and veteran of World War I who served seven terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California from 1943 to 1957.
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Early life and career
John Phillips was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He moved to St. Davids, Pennsylvania, in 1891. He graduated from Haverford College in 1910.
World War I
He served in the United States Army during World War I,[1] where he served in the Adjutant General's Office and in Ordinance 1917–1919.
He moved to California in 1924 and worked as a business analyst and rancher.
Political career
He was a member of the city council of Banning, California, 1930–1932. He served in the California Assembly from 1933 to 1937, and was a member of the California Senate from 1937 to 1942. He was a member of the United States delegation to the Eleventh World's Dairy Congress in Berlin in 1937.
Congress
Phillips was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956.
He was a delegate to Republican National Conventions in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960.
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Private life
He was a member of the American Battle Monuments Commission from 1952 to 1961. He was engaged as a public relations counselor and was a resident of Hemet, California, until his death.
Death and burial
He died in Palm Springs, California, on December 18, 1983, at the age of 96. He was interred in Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California.
Electoral history
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