Wendell H. Phillips

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name = Wendell Harrison Phillips


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birth_date = November 19, 1934
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residence = Baltimore, Maryland
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death_place = Baltimore, Maryland
office = Delegate 41st District
term_start = January 10, 1979
term_end = January 10, 1987
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party = Democrat
religion = United Church of Christ
occupation = pastor
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children = Wendell F. Phillips
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Wendell Harrison Phillips was an American politician who served in the Maryland House of Delegates and was a chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation. Phillips was one of three delegates serving the 41st legislative district, which lies in the central, northwest section of Baltimore City.

Background

Delegate Phillips was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 19, 1934. His family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at an early age. He was baptized at the Carone Baptist church and attended Westinghouse High School, both in Pittsburgh. [cite journal|last=Obituary|date=1993-02-03|title=Homegoing Celebration of Wendell Harrison Phillips|publisher=Heritage United Church of Christ|accessdate=2008-05-22] He earned a B.S. from Virginia Union University, attended Penn State University and received his M.Div. from Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, University of Rochester. He was an ordained clergyman and senior pastor of the Heritage United Church of Christ in Baltimore, Maryland from 1964 to 1993. [cite web|url=http://heritageucc.org/|title=HUCC Pastors: past and present|publisher=Heritage United Church of Christ|accessdate=2008-05-22] Phillips served on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission Advisory Board from 1968 to 1970. He was the President, Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in Baltimore and a delegate to the First Conference of Christians, Israelis, and Palestinians in 1976. Phillips is a past president of the NAACP of Rochester, New York and active in the Civil Rights movement. [cite web|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000180/html/am180--89.html|title=Maryland Manual, 1981-82|publisher=Archives of Maryland |accessdate=2008-05-18]

Family

Phillips was married on June 11, 1960, the couple had one son, Wendell F. Phillips who also served in the Maryland General Assembly.

In the Legislature

Phillips was a member of the House of Delegates from 1979 to 1987 and a member of its Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee.He was also a member of the Joint Committee On Legislative Ethics. Although he was the chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation, the mortorcycle-riding, chain-smoking Phillips initially had a stormy relationship with then Baltimore mayor William Donald Schaefer. As delegation chairman, Phillips was responsible for "pushing" the legislation in Annapolis that Schaefer thought was inmportant for Baltimore. The two ultimately came to an understanding and worked together. [cite news|title=Del. Wendell Phillips: Preaching and Politics|last=Baker|first=Donald P.|date=1987|publisher=the Baltimore Sun|accessdate=2008-05-18]

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