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| Name | Dayton E. Phillips |
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Elizabethton, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
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March 29, 1910
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| Died | October 23, 1980
(70 years)
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| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Modifed | Mr. Matt
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| Info | PHILLIPS, Dayton Edward, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Shell Creek, Carter County, Tenn., March 29, 1910; raised on a farm; attended the country school and Cloudland High School, Roan Mountain, Tenn., Milligan (Tenn.) College 1929-1931, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, LL.B., 1934; taught school in Carter County, Tenn., in 1931 and 1932; was graduated from the National University Law School, Washington, D.C., J.D., 1936; was admitted to the bar in 1935 and commenced practice in Elizabethton, Tenn.; attorney for Carter County 1938-1942; district attorney general, first judicial circuit of Tennessee, 1942-1947; during the Second World War served as an enlisted man in the United States Army, with overseas service in the European Theater of Operations, 1943-1945
U.S. Representative (R-TN) 1947-1951. Phillips voted against the Taft-Hartley Act and against the override of Pres. Truman's veto. He was defeated for renomination in 1950.
Resumed the practice of law; chancellor of the First Chancery Court of Tennessee from 1952 until his death in Kingsport, Tenn., October 23, 1980; resided in Elizabethton, Tenn.; interment in Happy Valley Memorial Park.
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NYT 6/15/1948
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