PHELPS, EDWARD J.
\fˈɛlps], \fˈɛlps], \f_ˈɛ_l_p_s]\
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Born in 1822, was second comptroller of the Treasury from 1851 to 1853. After the breaking up of the Whig party he became a Democrat. He became professor of law at Yale in 1881. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to England from 1885 to 1889.
By John Franklin Jameson