Background
Phillips, Herbert S. was born on November 12, 1871 in Milltown, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Jessie Elizabeth (Witherspoon) Phillips.
Phillips, Herbert S. was born on November 12, 1871 in Milltown, Georgia, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Jessie Elizabeth (Witherspoon) Phillips.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Emory College, 1897 (sophomore essay medal, junior oratory medal, editor Emory Phoenix, champion debater).
Principal, Dade City High School, 1897-1898. Instructor history, mathematics East Florida Seminary, Gainesville, 1899-1900. Admitted to Florida bar, 1900.
State's attorney Florida 6th Judicial Circuit, 1903-1913.
United States district attorney Southern District Florida, by appointment President Wilson, 1913-1921, and by appointment President Roosevelt since 1936, reappointed June 26, 1940; reappointed for 4th term by President Truman, September 1945.
Reapptd. United States Attorney for Southern District Florida, September 1949.
Resigned as United State Attorneys, August 7, 1953. Now engaged in practice Tampa, Florida Awards from Tampa, Florida, United States Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Member American, Florida, local bar associations, Federal Bar association (Washington), Huguenot Society South Carolina., Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Torch, Kiwanis, Executive, Ye Mystic Krew of Gasperilla. Alumni speaker Emory University commencement, 1937.
Copies of his speeches on file United States Florida.
Married Lois Porter, September 5, 1906. Children: Frances Elizabeth (Mistress Frank V. Doctorate. Fortune) (deceased), Lois (Mistress Larrabee Albertson), Myra Porter, Mary Bird (Mistress Charles L. Lesh), Portia (Mistress Oliver West. Folmar).