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'''Dudley Fairley Phelps''' (1845-1908) in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|Haverhill]], [[Essex County, Massachusetts]] – December 30, 1880 in [[New York City]]) was an American lawyer and politician from [[New York]].
| image = Benjamin_Kinsman_Phelps.png
| caption =
| office = [[New York County District Attorney]]
| term_start = 1873
| term_end = 1880
| predecessor = [[Samuel B. Garvin]]
| successor = [[Daniel G. Rollins]]
| NAME birth_name = Phelps, Benjamin Kinsman Phelps▼
| birth_date = {{birth date|1832|09|16}}
| birth_place = [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date = {{dda|1880|12|30|1832|09|16}}
| death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| education = [[Andover Newton Theological School|Andover Theological Seminary]]
| alma_mater = [[Yale College]]
| party = [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Hannah Maria Catlin<br>|October 1857|1880|reason=her death}}
| children = 3
| relations =
}}▼
'''Benjamin Kinsman Phelps''' (September 16, 1832 &ndash; December 30, 1880 in [[New York City]]) was an American lawyer and [[district attorney]] in [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="BarAssoc1882">{{cite book|last1=Association|first1=New York State Bar|title=Proceedings and Committee Reports - New York State Bar Association|date=1882|publisher=Boyd Print. Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=04IDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA98|access-date=26 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>
 
==LifeEarly life==
Phelps was born in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|Haverhill]], [[Essex County, Massachusetts]] on September 16, 1832.<ref name="BKPOBit1880"/> He was the only child of the Rev. Dudley Phelps (1797–1849), a [[Congregational]] clergyman, and Ann ([[née]] Kinsman) Phelps (1808–1834).<ref name="Haverhill2009">{{cite book |title=Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 .. |date=2009 |publisher=BiblioBazaar |isbn=9781113493187 |page=460 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vc5LqPzbJZcC&pg=PA460 |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
He was the only child of the Rev. Dudley Phelps (1797–1849), a [[Congregational]] clergyman, and Ann (Kinsman) Phelps (1808–1834). He attended [[Andover Newton Theological School|Andover Theologigal Seminary]], and graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1853. Then he studied law in [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]] and [[Westchester County, New York]], and was admitted to the bar in 1855 in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]]. In 1856, he removed to [[New York City]] and practiced law there in partnership with his Yale classmate Sherman W. Knevals (1832–1908).▼
 
He attended [[Andover Newton Theological School|Andover Theological Seminary]], and graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1853.<ref name="BKPOBit1880"/>
In October 1857, Phelps married Hannah M. Catlin, a daughter of Lt. Gov. [[Julius Catlin]], and they had three children.
 
==Career==
From 1866 to 1870, Phelps was an Assistant [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]]. In 1869, he was sent to [[North Carolina]] to take charge of the proceedings against the officers of the [[USS Hornet (1865)|USS Hornet]], charged with a violation of the Neutrality laws.
▲HeAfter was the only child of the Rev. Dudley Phelps (1797–1849), a [[Congregational]] clergyman, and Ann (Kinsman) Phelps (1808–1834). He attended [[Andover Newton Theological School|Andover Theologigal Seminary]], and graduatedgraduation from [[Yale College]] in 1853. Then, he studied law in [[Hillsborough County, New Hampshire]] and [[Westchester County, New York]], and was admitted to the bar in 1855 in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]]. In 1856, he removed to [[New York City]] and practiced law there in partnership with his Yale classmate Sherman W. Knevals (1832–1908).
 
From 1866 to 1870, Phelps was an Assistant [[United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York]]. In 1869, he was sent to [[North Carolina]] to take charge of the proceedings against the officers of the [[USS Hornet (1865)|USS Hornet]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=October 30, 1875|title=Benjamin K. Phelps|volume=19|page=881|work=[[Harper's Weekly]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nDB_33dmctwC|access-date={{today}}|via=[[Google Books]]|last1=Bonner |first1=John |last2=Curtis |first2=George William |last3=Alden |first3=Henry Mills |last4=Conant |first4=Samuel Stillman |last5=Schuyler |first5=Montgomery |last6=Foord |first6=John |last7=Davis |first7=Richard Harding |last8=Schurz |first8=Carl |last9=Nelson |first9=Henry Loomis |last10=Bangs |first10=John Kendrick |last11=Harvey |first11=George Brinton Mcclellan |last12=Hapgood |first12=Norman }}</ref> charged with a violation of the Neutrality laws.{{Clarification needed|date=November 2021|reason=Unclear what this sentence means, and the USS Hornet article does not elaborate on it ether.}}
In 1872, he formed a new law firm "Arthur, Phelps, Knevals & Ransom" with [[Chester A. Arthur]], his old partner Knevals, and Rastus S. Ransom (1839–1914, Surrogate of New York 1887-93).▼
 
▲In 1872, he formed a new law firm "Arthur, Phelps, Knevals & Ransom" with [[Chester A. Arthur]], his old partner Knevals, and Rastus S. Ransom (1839–1914, who served as Surrogate of New York from 1887-93) to 1893.
In November 1872, Phelps was elected on the [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] ticket [[New York County District Attorney]], and remained in office until his death, being re-elected in 1875 and 1878.▼
 
▲In November 1872, Phelps was elected on the [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] ticket [[New York County District Attorney]], and remained in office until his death, being re-elected in 1875 and 1878.<ref name=":0" />
In October 1880, Phelps became ill, and never fully recovered. His wife died on December 21, and Phelps himself died nine days later of "[[internal hemorrhage]]" at his residence at 101 West 47th Street. Phelps was buried at [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)]].
 
In 1875, Carlotta Frances Shotwell testified before the Assembly Committee on Crime in New York City about the legal abuses in her 1874 trial. It came out in these proceedings that District Attorney Phelps was tied to the [[Tammany Hall]] political machine{{Disputed inline|date=November 2021}} under which many prominent defendants were not pursued vigorously by the District Attorney.<ref>''[http://www.bigbytebooks.com/a-general-betrayal/ A General Betrayal]''; 2016; BIG BYTE BOOKS </ref>
==Sources==
==Personal life==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=vc5LqPzbJZcC&pg=PA460 ''Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849''] (death of Ann K. Phelps, page 460)
In October 1857, Phelps married Hannah Maria Catlin (1831–1880), a daughter of Mary (née Fisher) Catlin and Lt. Gov. [[Julius Catlin]], and they had three children, including:<ref name="Kinsman1876">{{cite book |title=The Kinsman Family: Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Robert Kinsman, of Ipswich, Mass. from 1634 to 1875 |date=1876 |publisher=A. Mudge & son |page=174 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CYAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA174 |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9800E3DB133BEF34BC4B52DFB667838E669FDE ''SKETCHES OF THE NOMINEES''] in NYT on October 13, 1875
 
*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9404E5D7123FEE3ABC4950DFB467838B699FDE ''A BRIGHT CAREER ENDED; DEATH OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY BENJAMIN K. PHELPS''] in NYT on December 31, 1880
* Mary Cutler Phelps (b. 1858)<ref name="Kinsman1876"/>
*[http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B03E1D71630EE3ABC4B53DFB766838A699FDE ''FUNERAL OF BENJAMIN K. PHELPS''] in NYT on January 3, 1881
* Dudley Farley Phelps (1861–1952), an attorney who married Margaret G. Burnet.<ref name="DPObit1952">{{cite news |title=DUDLEY PHELPS, 90, A RETIRED-LAWYER; Oldest Member of Union League Club Dies--Began His Legal Practice Here in 1886 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1952/07/01/93377176.pdf |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 July 1952}}</ref>
* Anna Kinsman Phelps (b. 1865), who married William Hutchinson Merrill (1860–1913) in 1901.<ref name="Yale1915">{{cite book |title=Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University |date=1915 |publisher=[[Yale University]] |page=626 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ulodAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA626 |access-date=20 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
 
In October 1880, Phelps became ill, and never fully recovered. His wife died on December 21, and Phelps himself died nine days later of "[[internal hemorrhage]]" at his residence at 101 West 47th Street.<ref name="BKPOBit1880">{{cite news |title=A BRIGHT CAREER ENDED; DEATH OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY BENJAMIN K. PHELPS Brief Sketch Of His Life And Legal Work--A Leading Lawyer And A Successful Prosecutor--His Last Illness |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1880/12/31/98648218.pdf |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 31, 1880}}</ref> Phelps was buried at [[Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)]].<ref name="1881Funeral">{{cite news |title=FUNERAL OF BENJAMIN K. PHELPS {{!}} Large Attendance at the Services in The Broadway Tabernacle |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1881/01/03/98908667.pdf |access-date=20 August 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 3, 1881}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4397?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ms.1112&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes Hannah Maria Catlin Phelps papers] at [[Yale University]]
 
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[[Category:Chester A. Arthur]]
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