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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACatofCityofBos1909p213-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Eliphalet Williams<br />(Chairman of the Board of Selectmen)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Quincy_III" title="Josiah Quincy III">Josiah Quincy III</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1770-11-26</span>)</span>November 26, 1770<br /><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony" title="Massachusetts Bay Colony">Massachusetts Bay Colony</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 29, 1823<span style="display:none">(1823-05-29)</span> (aged 52)<br /><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Sally Walley (m. December 1794)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Attorney<br />(admitted to the Massachusetts bar 1791)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Phillips</b> (November 26, 1770 – May 29, 1823) was an American politician, serving as the first <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">mayor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, from 1822 to 1823. He was the father of <a href="/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States" title="Abolitionism in the United States">abolitionist</a> <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Phillips" title="Wendell Phillips">Wendell Phillips</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_politics">Life and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Phillips_(mayor)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Phillips was a descendant of the <a href="/wiki/George_Phillips_(Watertown)" title="George Phillips (Watertown)">Rev. George Phillips</a> of <a href="/wiki/Watertown,_Massachusetts" title="Watertown, Massachusetts">Watertown</a>, the progenitor of the New England Phillips family in America. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from Phillips Academy and then went on to <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard College</a>, graduating in 1788.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1794, he was invited to deliver the annual Fourth of July oration before the people of Boston. In 1800, he was made public prosecutor, and in 1803 was chosen representative to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts General Court</a>. He was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a> in 1804, serving as presiding officer from 1813 to 1823. He was elected a Fellow of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> in 1810,<sup id="cite_ref-AAAS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAAS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 1812, he was chosen a member of the corporation of Harvard. Phillips was also elected a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Antiquarian_Society" title="American Antiquarian Society">American Antiquarian Society</a> in 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1820, he was a member of the convention that met to consider the revision of the state constitution, and he took an active part in the proceedings of that body. Phillips was also active in the agitation for the adoption of a city government in Boston, and was chairman of the committee of twelve that drew up and reported on a city charter for the town in 1822. In the choice for mayor that followed, <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Gray_Otis_(lawyer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrison Gray Otis (lawyer)">Harrison Gray Otis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Quincy_III" title="Josiah Quincy III">Josiah Quincy III</a> were the chief candidates for the office, but, as neither was able to secure an election, their friends agreed on Phillips, who was elected on <a href="/wiki/1822_Boston_mayoral_election" title="1822 Boston mayoral election">April 16, 1822</a>. At the close of his term of office the precarious condition of his health led him to decline a re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-appletons_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appletons-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors">Honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Phillips_(mayor)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill,_Boston#Phillips_Street" title="Beacon Hill, Boston">Phillips Street</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Phillips_School" title="Phillips School">Phillips School</a> (later <a href="/w/index.php?title=Northeast_Institute_of_Industrial_Technology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Northeast Institute of Industrial Technology (page does not exist)">Northeast Institute of Industrial Technology</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston's</a> <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Hill,_Boston" title="Beacon Hill, Boston">Beacon Hill</a> neighborhood were named after John Phillips. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Phillips_(mayor)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JohnPhillips_house_BeaconSt_WalnutSt_Boston.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Phillips lived on Beacon Street, Boston (corner of Walnut Street), 1804-1823[9]"><img alt="Phillips lived on Beacon Street, Boston (corner of Walnut Street), 1804-1823[9]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/JohnPhillips_house_BeaconSt_WalnutSt_Boston.png/181px-JohnPhillips_house_BeaconSt_WalnutSt_Boston.png" decoding="async" width="181" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/JohnPhillips_house_BeaconSt_WalnutSt_Boston.png/271px-JohnPhillips_house_BeaconSt_WalnutSt_Boston.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/JohnPhillips_house_BeaconSt_WalnutSt_Boston.png/362px-JohnPhillips_house_BeaconSt_WalnutSt_Boston.png 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="546" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Phillips lived on <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Street" title="Beacon Street">Beacon Street</a>, Boston (corner of Walnut Street), 1804-1823<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 250px; height: 250px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1825_JohnPhillips_BostonMonthlyMag_v1_no4_Nov.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of Phillips, from Boston Monthly Magazine, 1825"><img alt="Portrait of Phillips, from Boston Monthly Magazine, 1825" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/1825_JohnPhillips_BostonMonthlyMag_v1_no4_Nov.png/135px-1825_JohnPhillips_BostonMonthlyMag_v1_no4_Nov.png" decoding="async" width="135" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/1825_JohnPhillips_BostonMonthlyMag_v1_no4_Nov.png/202px-1825_JohnPhillips_BostonMonthlyMag_v1_no4_Nov.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/1825_JohnPhillips_BostonMonthlyMag_v1_no4_Nov.png/270px-1825_JohnPhillips_BostonMonthlyMag_v1_no4_Nov.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="522" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portrait of Phillips, from <i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Monthly_Magazine" title="Boston Monthly Magazine">Boston Monthly Magazine</a></i>, 1825</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Phillips_(mayor)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Boston#1800s.E2.80.931840s" title="Timeline of Boston">Timeline of Boston</a>, 1820s</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Phillips_(mayor)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Forty of Boston's historic houses. 1912.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Phillips_(mayor)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done,</i> Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, (1914)</li> <li><i>The Boston Directory</i> Published by Published by George Adams, (1851). p. 6.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Phillips_(mayor)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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1823 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Quincy_III" title="Josiah Quincy III">Josiah Quincy III</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Dana_(Massachusetts_politician)" title="Samuel Dana (Massachusetts politician)">Samuel Dana</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Massachusetts_Senate" title="President of the Massachusetts Senate">President of the Massachusetts Senate</a> </b><br />1813–1823 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Silsbee" title="Nathaniel Silsbee">Nathaniel Silsbee</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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