Jonas Phillips Phoenix (January 14, 1788 – May 4, 1859) was a U.S. Representative from New York, serving two nonconsecutive terms from 1843 to 1845, and from 1849 to 1851.
After the Revolutionary War, the family moved to New York and his father served as city treasurer.
[3] His paternal grandparents were Alexander and Cornelia Phoenix, descendants of English immigrants to New Amsterdam.
[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress and served as chairman of the Whig General Committee in 1846 and 1847.
[2] They were the parents of:[6][7] Phoenix died at his home, 18 State Street in New York City, on May 4, 1859.