William M. Phillips

William Milton Phillips (September 20, 1900 – June 9, 1962) was a Republican businessman and politician from Philadelphia.

[3] Nevertheless, members of the independent faction of the Republican political machine loyal to Miller and Speiser were able to secure Phillips's nomination to City Council's 2nd district when incumbent Michael Foglietta withdrew from the race.

[5] In 1954, Phillips joined with Democrats James Tate and Michael J. Towey in attempting to weaken the civil service reform of the new charter, but they were unsuccessful.

[6] In the election the next year, Phillips considered running for reelection, but withdrew in favor of lawyer David Zwanetz.

[8] In 1958, Phillips ran for the Republican nomination to Congress in Pennsylvania's 3rd district, but lost to James T. McDermott by a substantial margin.