John Phillips | |
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| 1st Mayor of Boston | |
| In office May 1, 1822[1] – May 1, 1823[2] | |
| Preceded by | Eliphalet Williams (Chairman of the Board of Selectmen)[3] |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Quincy III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 26, 1770 Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America |
| Died | May 29, 1823 (aged 52) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Spouse | Sally Walley (m. December 1794) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Profession | Attorney (admitted to the Massachusetts bar 1791) |
John Phillips (November 26, 1770 – May 29, 1823) was an American politician, serving as the first mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, from 1822 to 1823. He was the father of abolitionist Wendell Phillips.
- ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 212
- ^ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 213
- ^ Quincy, Josiah (1852), A municipal history of the Town and City of Boston during two Centuries, Boston, MA: Charles Little and James Brown, p. 42