Sewall A. Phillips was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...

Biography

Phillips was born on April 29, 1839, in

Turner, Maine Turner is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,817 at the 2020 census. The town includes the villages of Turner, Turner Center and North Turner. The town is part of the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan ...

, United States. He worked as a teacher. During the

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, he served with the

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of the Union Army.

Assembly career

Phillips was a member of the Assembly during the 1880 and 1881 sessions. He was a Republican.

References

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