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Samuel Field Phillips was born in New York City on February 18, 1829, to English mathematician, James Phillips, and Judith Vermeule Phillips, of New Jersey. At the age of two he and his family moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he spent the majority of his life. He graduated from the University of North Carolina (UNC) with highest honors in 1841, earning a master’s degree three years later. Phillips began his own law practice in North Carolina and joined the UNC law department as a tutor before embarking on a career in politics, beginning with his election to a Whigseat in the North Carolina General Assemblies of 1852 and 1854. Phillips served on the North Carolina state Court of Claims in 1861, and as state auditor from 1862-1864. In 1864, he was re-elected to the North Carolina state legislature and served as Speaker of the House in 1866. He fought for the expansion of legal rights for African-Americans, triumphing in granting freedmen the right to testify in cases in which they were parties. Phillips took a brief self-imposed hiatus from politics from 1866-1870 to practice law in Raleigh. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, music, and culture. ...
February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D) Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th) - Land 19,231 km² - Water 3,378 km² (14. ...
City nickname: The Southern Part of Heaven County Orange County Mayor Kevin C. Foy Area - Total - Water 51. ...
The University of North Carolina, often called the University of North Carolina System to avoid confusion, is a federation of all sixteen public universities in North Carolina. ...
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African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...
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In 1871, Phillips served a term on the North Carolina House of Representatives. In December 1872, Phillips was appointment by President Grant as the second solicitor general. He served in this position from November 1872 to May 1885. During Phillips’s twelve and one-half years as solicitor general, he served under four presidents: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur. Phillips argued the constitutionality of the 1871 Enforcement Act and advocated upholding a conviction of several Ku Klux Klan members who assaulted a black man for voting in a congressional election. Citing Article I of the U.S. Constitution, he set a precedent used in the 1960’s to validate the expansion of federal control over the election process. The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ...
Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...
The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...
After serving as SG, he went on to become a member of the U.S. and Venezuela Mixed Claims Commissions of 1888 and 1891. Phillips was part of team who argued the Civil Rights Cases of 1883, using both the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and the 13th and 14th Amendments as a defense. As part of the legal counsel representing Homer Plessy in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case, he argued that the “separate-but-equal” doctrine was nothing less than a disparagement of African-Americans on the basis of color, much like slavery. Phillips returned to private law practice in Washington, D.C. until 1901. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The Civil Rights Act of 1875, proposed by Charles Sumner and Benjamin F. Butler in 1870, was passed on March 1, 1875. ...
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Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C. (short for, District of Columbia), Washington, the Nations Capital, the District or, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America. ...
Phillips first wife, Frances Lucas Stone, with whom he had four daughters and one son, had passed away in the 1870's, upon which he married Sarah Phillips. On November 18, 1903, Samuel Phillips died in Washington, D.C., although his body now rests in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ...
1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ...
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C. (short for, District of Columbia), Washington, the Nations Capital, the District or, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America. ...
City nickname: The Southern Part of Heaven County Orange County Mayor Kevin C. Foy Area - Total - Water 51. ...
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The United States Solicitor General is the individual tasked with arguing for the United States Government in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, when the government is party to a case. ...
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