Charles Phillips

Background

Phillips was born in Milwaukee.

Education

He attended parochial and public schools and Markham Academy, and went on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During this time he attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, graduating in 1893.

Career

From 1891-1895 he worked in the office of the Wisconsin Secretary of State. Foreign a time he worked with his father and with a Milwaukee leather company, before going into the practice of law. He served as chairman of the Milwaukee County Democratic Party County Committee, and was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention.

After winning his party primary, Phillips, running on the Democratic ticket with Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt narrowly defeated Hampel in a four-way race, with 14,485 votes for Phillips, 13,951 for Hampel, 8,433 for Republican George Becker, and 267 votes for former Republican Assemblyman Martin M. Higgins, who was running as an independent.

He was assigned to the standing committee on state and local government, and became chairman of the committee in charge of Wisconsin"s exhibit at the 1933-1934 Chicago Centennial of Progress (world"s fair).

Achievements

• Phillips produced milk of magnesia as well as other pharmaceuticals at his Glenbrook firm which incorporated in 1885 as the Charles H. Phillips Company. After Phillips' death in 1882, his four sons ran the corporation until 1923, at which time it was acquired by Sterling Drug, Inc. Phillip's Milk of Magnesia is still manufactured today, but the last familiar blue bottle to be filled in Stamford was in 1976 when production at the Glenbrook plant was phased out.
  
  It is currently owned by Bayer.

Politics

In 1932 Phillips challenged Socialist Assemblyman George Hampel who nominated to succeed the incumbent, fellow Socialist Thomas Duncan (who was not seeking re-election). In 1936, Phillips sought re-election, but was defeated in turn by George Hampel, who was running as a nominal Progressive under the Socialist/Progressive cooperation agreement then under effect, with 22,093 votes for Hampel, 14,136 for Phillips, and 4982 for Republican Salendon Bennett.

Membership

After the 1934 elections, he became chairman of the standing committee on the judiciary, and a member of the committee on legislative procedure.