Charles A. Phelps

Charles Abner Phelps
40th President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office 1858[1] – 1858[1]
Preceded by	Charles W. Upham
Succeeded by	William Claflin
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] Fourth Suffolk Senate District[2]
In office 1857[1] – 1858[1]
Preceded by	Daniel Warren[3]
Succeeded by	George A. Shaw[4]
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[5]
In office 1856[1] – 1856[1]
Succeeded by	Julius Rockwell
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office 1855[1] – 1856[1]
Personal details
Born	October 19, 1820[2] Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Died	April 27, 1902[1] Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Political party	Know Nothing,[1] Republican[1][2]
Spouse(s)	Phoebe Harris[1][5]
Children	Charles Harris Phelps[5]
Alma mater	Union College,[1] 1841; Harvard Medical School, 1844[1]
Profession	Physician[5]

Charles Abner Phelps was a U.S. physician, diplomat, and politician, who served as a member, and the Speaker, of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and as a member and the President of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1][2][5]

Early life and education

Phelps was born to Dr. Abner Phelps and Delia Hubbell (Clark) Phelps^[5] on October 19, 1820^[2] on Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts.^[5] Phelps attended the Mount Pleasant Classical School in Amherst, Massachusetts, where one of his classmates was Henry Ward Beecher^[5] Phelps then went on to study at the Boston Latin School and then Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, he then studied with a private tutor in Cambridge, Massachusetts to prepare himself for Yale College.^[5] Phelps attended Yale for a year then he transferred to Union College where he graduated in 1841.^[5] Phelps then attended Harvard Medical School graduating in 1844, he did his post graduate work at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Family life

Phelps married Phobe Harris of Albany, New York, she was the sister of U.S. Senator Ira Harris.^[5] On September 14, 1845 their son Charles Harris Phelps was born.^[5]

References

1. Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association (December 1902), The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Vol XI No. 42, Boston, Massachusetts: The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, p. 305.
2. Brown, Edgar M. (1859), Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Department of the Government of Massachusetts, 1859, Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge & Son Printers, p. 4.
3. Poole, Alexis (1856), Poole's Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Department of the Government of Massachusetts, 1856 Tenth series, Boston, Massachusetts: Dutton and Wentworth Son Printers, p. 4.
4. Brown, Edgar M. (1861), Annual Register of the Executive and Legislative Department of the Government of Massachusetts, 1861, Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter Printers, p. 4.
5. Chandler, Alfred Dupont (1909), Harvard College Class of 1868 Secretary's Report No. 8 186-1908, Boston, Massachusetts: E. O. Cockayne, p. 111.