Preceded by Charles W. Upham Spouse(s) Phoebe Harris | Preceded by Daniel Warren Children Charles Harris Phelps | |
Died 27 April 1902, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Political parties Republican Party, Know Nothing Books Life and Public Services, Life and Public Services, LIFE & PUBLIC SERVICE, LIFE & PUBLIC SERVICE, Life and Public Services | ||
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.
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Early life and education
Phelps was born to Dr. Abner Phelps and Delia Hubbell (Clark) Phelps on October 19, 1820 on Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Phelps attended the Mount Pleasant Classical School in Amherst, Massachusetts, where one of his classmates was Henry Ward Beecher 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. Phelps attended Yale for a year then he transferred to Union College where he graduated in 1841. Phelps then attended Harvard Medical School graduating in 1844, he did his post graduate work at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Family life
Phelps married Phobe Harris of Albany, New York, she was the sister of U.S. Senator Ira Harris. On September 14, 1845 their son Charles Harris Phelps was born.