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Claiborne Hooper Phillips

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Claiborne Hooper Phillips
Born(1847-07-11)July 11, 1847
Nashville, Tennessee
DiedSeptember 10, 1886(1886-09-10) (aged 39)
Britton, Dakota

Claiborne Hooper Phillips (July 11, 1847 – September 10, 1886) was the mayor of Nashville from 1883 to 1886. He was a graduate of Yale University, class of 1868, and was accidentally killed on a hunting trip in 1886. He was a member of the firm of Phillips, Jackson, & Company, a grocery store. He was married on July 8, 1869 to Mary C. Gentry.

References

  1. History of the Class of 1868: Yale College, 1864-1914. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press. 1914. p. 345 – via Internet Archive.
Preceded byThomas A. Kercheval Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1883–1886
Succeeded byThomas A. Kercheval
Mayors of Nashville
Pre-consolidation
(1806–1963)
Metropolitan government
(1963–present)
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