John Finis Philips (December 31, 1834 – March 13, 1919) was a United States representative from Missouri and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
John Finis Philips
Missouri Western District Court
Born 1834 in Boone County, MO
Died 1919 in Hot Springs, AR
FJC ID: 1877
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 17/year
Missouri Western District Court · 1888–1910
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Kansas City, Missouri1881–1882, 1910–1917
- Kansas City [Missouri] Court of AppealsJudge · 1885–1888
- Supreme Court of MissouriCommissioner · 1883–1885
- Private practice, Sedalia, Missouri1865–1880
- U.S. representative from Missouri1875–1877
- Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri1868
U.S. Army colonel1861–1865- Private practice, Georgetown, Missouri1857–1861
- Sedalia, MissouriMayor
Appointments
1888–1910 · Appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Read law1857
- Centre CollegeA.B. · 1855