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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseePHELAN, James(1856—1891)PHELAN, James, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Miss., December 7, 1856; moved with his father to Memphis, Tenn., in 1867; attended private schools and the Kentucky Military Institute near Frankfort in 1871; entered the University of Leipzig, Saxony, in 1874 and was graduated in February 1878; returned to Memphis; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in 1881; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death in Nassau, Bahama Islands, on January 30, 1891; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. Eaton, L. B. L. B. Eaton, contestant, vs. James Phelan, contestee, for a seat in the Fifty-first Congress of the United States . [N.p., 1890]. Phelan, James. History of Tennessee; the making of a state ,. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889. ———. The New South. The Democratic position on the tariff. Speech of Hon. James Phelan ... delivered at Covington, Tenn., on the 2d of October, 1886 . Memphis: S. C. Toof & Co., printers, 1886. ———. On Philip Massinger . Halle: E. Karras, Printer, 1878. United States. 51st Congress, 2d session, 1890-1891. Memorial addresses on the life and character of James Phelan, a Representative from Tennessee . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present |
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