Walter P. Phillips | |
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| Born | Walter Polk Phillips June 14, 1846 |
| Died | January 31, 1920 (aged 73) |
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| Known for | His Phillips Code which included abbreviations POTUS and SCOTUS |
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Francena A. Capron
(m. 1866; died 1914) |
| Children | 1 |
Walter Polk Phillips (June 14, 1846 – January 31, 1920) was an American journalist, telegrapher, and inventor who compiled and expanded telegraph codes with his Phillips Code, a brevity code which included the abbreviations POTUS, for president of the United States, and SCOTUS, for Supreme Court of the United States. He later became the head of the United Press.
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